Re: Tune up

[Rob Silcher <rsilcher@mc4adm.UWaterloo.ca>]

My father-in-law, who is a 30 year Caterpillar mechanic, does the 
following:

-remove one plug
-crank engine for 1-2 seconds
-replace plug

Cranking the engine with the plug removed shoots the crud out. YMMV.

-Rob Silcher


On Thu, 19 Oct 1995, Ernest Wong wrote:

> {from Glen Powell]
> 
> >  Those RF shields are part of the plug wire, just pull 'em off. Then -
> >  BEFORE you remove each plug, use a shopvac to vacuum the area around the
> >  plug. After I break 'em loose and back 'em out a few turns I vac 'em
> >  again, all to prevent any crap from falling into the cylinder when you
> >  R/R the plugs.
> 
> I'm even more anal. I bought a can of compressed air ( the stuff sold for
> computer and photo supply) and blasted the area around the plugs to get all
> the insects, monetary donations etc. out of the plug recess.
> 
> Ernest Wong
> esw5@cornell.edu
> 
> 
>