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Re: One more reason to Love Spitfires

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Subject: Re: One more reason to Love Spitfires
From: Roger Elliott <relliott@cjnetworks.com>
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 20:25:33 -0500
The one trouble about those 100,000 mile tune up cars is that the spark plugs 
get
almost fused to the cylinder head.  I have read in a couple of automotive 
columns - I
think Click and Clack and Sikorsky - the recommendation to at least take out 
the spark
plugs every 30,000 miles.

Roger Elliott

Flinthoof Ponypal wrote:

>         My Lumina with the 3.1L V6 apparently must have spark plugs, but I'll 
>be
> darned if I can find them.  There are some plug wires coming out of one
> niche and disappearing into others. Everything is hidden under one of those
> high performance aluminum finned plenum chambers. Looks fancy and really
> cleans up the engine compartment, but there's no chance of working on it
> yourself.  Luckily it's also one of those 100K tuneup cars so I don't have
> to worry about that for another...oh, 2 or 3 years.
>
>         The Spitui! on the other hand needs LOTS of care.  And I'll give it 
>gladly.
>
> -Vegaman Dan
> -66/69 Spitui!
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