> And my personal favourite....poke lots of holes in them with a test probe
to
> further add to the professionalism of the job.(also aids in allowing to
drain the
> smoke out of the wires.)
> Rick
>
We had a mechanic that would use a sharp thin rod, soldered to a wire and
alligator clip to check for a dead cylinder. Instead of pulling plug wires
one at a time to find the miss, he would use this grounding rod. Work near
the dizzy and stab each plug wire in turn until the miss is found. I
remember once looking over a car after he had done his trick, and saw the
spark arc between to wires were he had pierced them.
This is a valid technique if you are sliding the probe between the wire and
boot to ground out the plug, but what this guy was doing resulted in a wire
sale every time. Had him pack up his stuff and look else where shortly
after.
Pete
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