Re: Spark gap and such.
- From: Eric R Snow <etpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:12:26 -0700
On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:39:24 -0400, Jerry Avins <jya@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Michael A. Terrell wrote:Years ago a friend of mine had an ignition problem on his old wooden
...
I carreied a spare capacitor, pouints and distributor cap with me in
my vehicle's tool box, so i didn't ned to improvise critical parts away
from the shop.
This was a friend's boat and I trusted him. It turned out not to be
equipped with RDF (not unusual in the late 40s), compass, bailing pump
or even bucket, to say nothing of ship-to-shore radio. I nearly lost my
life, and I actually lost my naiveté. Since then, I check a boat's
equipment before I accept a joyride.
A large tesla coil do in a pinch.
The pilot had a broken leg. My friend improvised a windbreak from the
broken-off wing, and made fire by soaking clothes from his suitcase in
fuel. I don't know how he made his interrupter. His 300 or so pounds --
mostly blubber -- probably insulated him. It may also have contributed
to the plane's breakup on touching down.
Jerry
boat. The ballast resistor vaporised or something like that. The
sparkplug wires were arcing to the engine block when the ballast
resistor was bypassed with a wire so my friend wired in a light bulb
which got him home OK. After that incident he made sure he had a
complete ignition system replacement kit. Plugs, wires, points,
resistor, condenser, rotor, and cap.
ERS
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