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tc1917(at)bellsouth.net
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Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 1:46 am Post subject: plugs

It is a real shame that John had a problem with the V plug.  I used them for 

years and got over a hundred hours on them before I changed them just for 

the hell of it.  I also used the platnum and paladiums which were really, 

really expensive.  The old 447 and then the 582 I used them on started 

easier and ran smoother than the crappy standard big electrode plugs that 

they say have to be changed every 25 hours.  I put a whole set of 8 plugs in 

my car engine one time and 7 (seven) of the plugs were bad.  Dont use that 

brand again but never heard of anyone else having the trouble.  Cant fault a 

whole lot for one plug although if I would have had the failure, I probably 

would not use them again but that dont mean much.  I learned a long time ago 

"just because something is new, dont mean it is any good'.  Ted Cowan, 

Slingshot, 912 ul, zoom zoom.

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John Hauck

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 4639
Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)

Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 9:05 am Post subject: plugs

 	  Quote: 	
		   It is a real shame that John had a problem with the V plug.  I used them 

 for years and got over a hundred hours on them before I changed them just 

 for the hell of it.     Ted Cowan, Slingshot, 912 ul, zoom zoom.


	




Ted C/Gang:



Yep, I agree with you.  It was a shame.



I paid big dollars for the BR8EV's, trying to make the FS and 447 as bullet 

proof as possible.  Back then, dollars were scarce as hen's teeth.  Figured 

I had a lot better chance of not fouling a plug with the BR8EV's than the 

BR8E's.



What I did not realize was the tip of the electrode was fused on.  I got a 

bad one that separated and grounded that plug when it lodged between the 

ground strap and the electrode.  When you lose a cylinder on a 447 you are 

only going one way, down.



I spent 4 or 5 days in Niagara Falls working on the FS to get it flyable 

enough to make it back to Alabama.  It wasn't pretty when we finished, but 

it was flyable.  I was really happy to take off from Niagara International 

and head south.



A young man by the name of Mike Fehlin befriended me the day I tore up my 

airplane.  Mike heard a radio interview with me telling how I had crashed on 

Grand Island and torn up my airplane.  That I needed help to get it repaired 

enough to get back to Alabama.  Five minutes later he introduced himself to 

me in that weed field on Grand Island.  He went into Niagara and got a large 

U-Haul truck, helped me take the wings off the FS and load the aircraft.  He 

knew this man at the airport that built experimental aircraft, contacted 

him, and we took the FS to his hanger to repair.  I would have been in 

serious trouble without these two fine gentlemen.  Mike was also responsible 

for getting me a room in a local truck stop that did not cost an arm and a 

leg.  He also picked me up every morning, took me to the airport, and then 

returned me to the truck stop each night.  I could never repay him for all 

he did.



BTW:  It was 37F this morning at the Rock House.  It will be in the mid-60's 

soon.  Beautiful weather and good friends are hard to beat.



john h

mkIII

Rock House, Oregon

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John Hauck
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hauck's holler
Titus, Alabama

russkinne(at)mac.com
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Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 2:36 pm Post subject: plugs

Ted

Thanx for your input about plugs. Were the 7 bad ones massive- 

electrode types?

Regards to ole zoom-zoom,

Russ K



On Oct 18, 2010, at 5:44 AM, Ted Cowan wrote:



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 It is a real shame that John had a problem with the V plug.  I used  

 them for years and got over a hundred hours on them before I  

 changed them just for the hell of it.  I also used the platnum and  

 paladiums which were really, really expensive.  The old 447 and  

 then the 582 I used them on started easier and ran smoother than  

 the crappy standard big electrode plugs that they say have to be  

 changed every 25 hours.  I put a whole set of 8 plugs in my car  

 engine one time and 7 (seven) of the plugs were bad.  Dont use that  

 brand again but never heard of anyone else having the trouble.   

 Cant fault a whole lot for one plug although if I would have had  

 the failure, I probably would not use them again but that dont mean  

 much.  I learned a long time ago "just because something is new,  

 dont mean it is any good'.  Ted Cowan, Slingshot, 912 ul, zoom zoom.

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tc1917(at)bellsouth.net
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Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 2:16 am Post subject: plugs

dont recall what type of plugs they were now.  I usually buy AC now.  I just 

rebuilt a 440 and went to start it up and I guess I gas fowled them and they 

never dried up.  Bad when you are starting a new built engine of any type. 

You dont know for sure what is wrong and dont suspect ALL the plugs went 

bad.  I have had a bunch of the big electrodies go bad on me until I changed 

to V types, etc.  I have had three bad plugs on my 912 so far in two 

changes.  That hurts at the price and you cant send them back.  Got over 

three hundred hours on the 912 and still purrs.  Just still has that damned 

rum rum.  Hope to be at Evergreen this weekend.  Just got back from Bimini 

diving, been home for a week and ready to get away again -- this time by 

air.  Ted Cowan, Slingshot, 912ul, zoom, zoom.

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