Topic: Pneumatic spark plug cleaners

[PeWe]

Pewe, i can always send in a plain brown jiffy bag as a gift

Thanks for the thought.
I have around 80 new plugs or even more.
Plus 30-40 dirty in need of cleaning!

Did you smuggle those spark plugs into Sweden "internally" Per? I watch those "Border Security" shows where drug mules swallow condoms full of heroin then poop them out when they arrive, I'd reckon that swallowing, and then pooping out a box of D8EA's would be pretty painful?

No need to smuggle. Good and quick shipping direct to my postbox.
Not so many in each order 3-4 packs of ten. Depend on shipping cost that doubles up when adding 1 more.
Same seller has NGK caps and wire with all needed parts.

2021 another thing if I purchase things outside EU. Maybe good people write gift or a very low value on the package

[drumstyx]

Protip: buy plugs in bulk at some place like clubplug. Hardware/auto/bike stores like to charge me something like $4-9 per plug for just basic NGKs...under $2 a pop at clubplug.ca. On that note, if anyone that reads this knows of a place to get similarly discounted denso (or other high-quality plug brands) plugs, please do share! NGKs work fine, but I've heard things can run better with better plugs.

[Prospect]

I finally used the pneumatic cleaner. It did a decent job on my very carbon fouled plugs. Here are some pics from the before and after. I was hoping for slightly better results but I'm still working on the technique. The instructions said to mount vertically but I used horizontally and got better results that way. This is from about 30 seconds of cleaning per plug. To remove the abrasive media I blasted them with compressed air.

[dave500]

ive burned plugs clean with a gas torch,dont go bright red hot!file then blow out and re gap,plugs are cheap though but good to have spares.

[Terry in Australia]

That’s not very impressive, the little hand held ones that were around 40 years ago could bring them up like new.

[grcamna2]

I used to sandblast plugs but found I was causing the shiny original surfaces to be roughed-up,similar to what you do for prep before painting an item.The carbon really stuck-fast after that sandblast treatment;new plugs are cheap enough and when your jetting is spot-on that helps to keep them clean.

[Deltarider]

I used to sandblast plugs but found I was causing the shiny original surfaces to be roughed-up,similar to what you do for prep before painting an item.The carbon really stuck-fast after that sandblast treatment;new plugs are cheap enough and when your jetting is spot-on that helps to keep them clean.

This ^ and use your bike it was ment for: spirited GT riding.

[dave500]

when i was an apprentice in the mid 70s we had a champion plug blaster,had the foot pedal etc,then it had a spot you screwed the plug in and a mirror you could see the gap and apply power to spark it under compressed air,that thing would throw a two inch mini lightning strike held away from ground and probably make a #$%* plug work compared to an  improperly adjusted points system at the time?we used to zap crickets and cochroaches with it and nearly cut em in half!,or charge a condensor and toss it to someone who then got a shock,ahh the joys of work before health n safety stopped us from killing each other at work!

[Terry in Australia]

when i was an apprentice in the mid 70s we had a champion plug blaster,had the foot pedal etc,then it had a spot you screwed the plug in and a mirror you could see the gap and apply power to spark it under compressed air,that thing would throw a two inch mini lightning strike held away from ground and probably make a #$%* plug work compared to an  improperly adjusted points system at the time?we used to zap crickets and cochroaches with it and nearly cut em in half!,or charge a condensor and toss it to someone who then got a shock,ahh the joys of work before health n safety stopped us from killing each other at work!

I've got one out in the garage Dave, it came out of my cousin's bike shop, so would be at least 50 years old, I love the "plug Tester" but have zapped myself with it a couple of times, was something I've never forgotten.

[dave500]

probably could double as a stick welder if need be?

[pjlogue]

If using a spark plug cleaner, I would use either walnut shells or coarse baking soda.  The walnut shells will not damage the cylinder walls if particles of it get really stuck deep in the plug and come out under running conditions and the baking soda can be dissolved out with water and left to dry.  Neither will leave a real "sand blasted" rough surface.

Plugs are cheap enough to just use new when replacing them but for plug chops where you want a clean plug many times in a row or you use expensive plugs a cleaner is useful.

-P.

[Terry in Australia]

probably could double as a stick welder if need be?

It does throw a lovely fat spark Dave, much nicer than I've seen with most bike ignitions.

[grcamna2]

Terry,you and Dave are giving me 'bad ideas' and you're both a bad influence  Lol 

I might look for one of those "plug tester" cleaners and ask some crummy individual who I don't enjoy as a human being(many people could fit into that definition..  Some toxic people just need a 'charge' to get 'back on track' possibly??    )to 'hold on tight to that spark plug when you're testing it' !!    If they come back with 'I just received a big shock' I might then tell them something like 'if it gave you a shock,then you're not doing it right:Try it Again'    until they 'get it right'  LOL    Then later-on I could show them the heavy industrial rubber gloves they should wear and ask 'why didn't you wear them' ?? 

[grcamna2]

when i was an apprentice in the mid 70s we had a champion plug blaster,had the foot pedal etc,then it had a spot you screwed the plug in and a mirror you could see the gap and apply power to spark it under compressed air,that thing would throw a two inch mini lightning strike held away from ground and probably make a #$%* plug work compared to an  improperly adjusted points system at the time?we used to zap crickets and cochroaches with it and nearly cut em in half!,or charge a condensor and toss it to someone who then got a shock,ahh the joys of work before health n safety stopped us from killing each other at work!

I've got one out in the garage Dave, it came out of my cousin's bike shop, so would be at least 50 years old, I love the "plug Tester" but have zapped myself with it a couple of times, was something I've never forgotten.

Terry,doesn't that tester require a Ground/Earth wire to keep that from happening? I imagine that the person who designed it would have had that as a requirement.

[Terry in Australia]

The spark plug screws into a receptacle with a glass tube so you can see the spark Bill, but I brushed against the steel plug cap and got zapped.

[grcamna2]

The spark plug screws into a receptacle with a glass tube so you can see the spark Bill, but I brushed against the steel plug cap and got zapped.

Lol