<VV> idle mixture LM technical spark idea

[FrankCB at aol.com]

Lonny,
    Your method is much to be preferred.  It will  also allow you to bypass 
the spark safely on the more modern ignition  systems.  If you try simply 
disconnecting the plug wire on those, you may  get voltages high enough to "fry the 
innards" (to use the technical term) of the  electronic stuff.
    You're also a lot less likely to fry your own  innards!
    Regards,
    Frank "sparky" Burkhard 
 
In a message dated 9/26/2007 1:22:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
lclarkpdx at gmail.com writes:

I had  always heard that it's better for the system to ground the spark plug
wire  at the tower. A wire with an alligator clip on one end, and a probe on
the  other. Alligator clip goes to a good ground, you pull up the boots on
the  distributor tower and slip the probe in until it touches metal. Then  the
spark goes directly to ground, not to the spark plug, not to your  fingers,
and not through your pacemaker, etc.

I won't guarantee it,  but this method should allow you to ground DIS and CDS
ignitions  too.

Lonny

On 9/25/07, Frank DuVal <corvairduval at cox.net>  wrote:
>
> To see if one cylinder or more is low on power, and  only if stock
> ignition, pull one spark plug wire at a time from the  distributor. Note
> if any do NOT change the idle speed. These are the  ones not firing or
> not firing well.
>
> Do not keep  fingers near distributor tower when pulling the wires. Spark
> can jump  over an inch. People with pacemakers be warned-let someone else
> do  it.
>
> Frank DuVal







************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com