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Fri 24 Jan 2020 18:19
ANY - Changing sparkplugs (borrowed) - oldroverboy.

As this is a motoring forum the following is appropriate;-)

How many forum members does it take to change a spark plug?

  • 1 to ask how to change a spark plug
  • 1 to give detailed instructions for changing a spark plug
  • original 1 to post that spark plug has now been changed.
  • 14 to share similar experiences of changing spark plugs and how the spark plug could have been changed differently.
  • 7 to caution about the dangers of untrained people changing spark plugs.
  • 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing spark plugs.
  • 15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that a "spark plug" is an electrical device threaded into the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine to ignite the fuel mixture by producing timed sparks between electrodes and should only be changed by qualified auto mechanics or you will void any warranty and trash your engine.
  • 2 to post that this thread is not about spark plugs and to please take this discussion to a spark plug thread.
  • 27 to defend the posting to this thread saying that we all use spark plugs and therefore the posts are relevant to this thread.
  • 16 to debate which method of changing spark plugs is superior, where to buy the best spark plugs, what brand of spark plugs work best for this technique, and what brands are faulty.
  • 4 to post URL's where one can see examples of different spark plugs.
  • 12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the spark plug controversy.
  • 4 to suggest that posters request the spark plugs FAQ.
  • 16 to post "F".
  • 44 to ask what is a "F"?
  • 4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
  • 3 to say "do a Google search on spark plugs before posting questions about spark plugs".
And finally 1 forum lurker to resurrect the original post, in 6 months time, start it all over again....and 1 original poster to never venture into the forum after their second post.


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Fri 24 Jan 2020 18:55
ANY - Changing sparkplugs (borrowed) - Avant

And one to say that we all change our spark plugs too often, and one moderator to censor the post of one of the know-it-alls who swears at the first chap.

Not to mention the one who comes out of mothballs and says that they should be called sparking plugs.

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Fri 24 Jan 2020 19:15
ANY - Changing sparkplugs (borrowed) - bathtub tom

Not to mention the one who comes out of mothballs and says that they should be called sparking plugs.

I have dealings with a car that uses 'ignitors'. They're like a large contact breaker that sits inside the combustion chamber and use a 'low tension' voltage, somewhere below HT.

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Fri 24 Jan 2020 19:29
ANY - Changing sparkplugs (borrowed) - Engineer Andy

You tell it's a Friday, can't you... ;-)

PS. You forgot to add:

  • 1 to say that they can buy 'quality spark plugs' at dubyadubyadubya.wearereallyabunchoffrauds.com but we ain't sellin' anything, bro.

SMAK-IBBFB!

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Sat 25 Jan 2020 09:22
ANY - Changing sparkplugs (borrowed) - John F

You forgot to add:

  • 1 to say that they can buy 'quality spark plugs' at dubyadubyadubya.wearereallyabunchoffrauds.com but we ain't sellin' anything, bro.

And 1 to accuse this poster of implicit racism, thus sparking an explosive reaction resulting in thread shut-down and a firing order.....

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Sat 25 Jan 2020 14:21
ANY - Changing sparkplugs (borrowed) - dan86

Talking of changing sparkplugs I once had did a service on a v12 Mercedes coupe with a "full main dealer service history". Got six plugs put of one bank then had to remove loads of stuff to get to the other bank of cylinders. What a pig they were to get out had to leave them soaking in some penetrating oil (WD40) to loosen them up and use a 4 foot pole the undo them just glad none of them snapped in the head. They were all sooted up unlike the other 6.

Full main dealer service my a**. Bet the owner was charged a hefty premium form the Mercedes dealer as well.

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