[SEL] Friends and Igniters

[Curt Holland]

Leroy,
How about the old fashioned Marvel Mystery Oil? It's claim to fame 
was/is top cylinder lubrication, valves, etc.
So far we've got suggestions for coal oil, teflon powder lubricant, 
anti-seize, Gibbs, PB Blaster, and diesel detergent oil. I think that's 
all of them. I've got the Gibbs, teflon powder, anti-seize, and Marvel 
Mystery Oil at home. I'll do some experimenting. Thanks for all the 
great suggestions!
Curt Holland
Gastonia, NC
P.S. Ted, Charles Stickney's thoughts on an external ignitor were to 
keep the ignitor cool so as not to burn the points. Believe that is part 
of the problem, it never gets hot enough to burn off deposits! Is 
Stickney indeed the only manufacturer of engines to have an external 
ignitor?

Leroy C. wrote:

> Joe & Jewel Maurer wrote:
>
>> R.E. lubricating igniters:  it's a good question since our gasoline 
>> appears to be getting much worse.  I was using Gibbs or PB blaster.  
>> Don't know if Gibbs is better but it costs more.  Lately I've started 
>> to add stuff to the gasoline and use regular motor oil and the 
>> igniters have behaved better.  Possibly the right phase of the moon!
>>
>> Joe
>>
>>  
>>
> Joe, an old timer long ago told me to mix tranny fluid into my fuel 
> for the old engins, but I forgot to do this sometime ago. He only 
> mixed about an ounce or two to a gallon of petro. Is this what you mean
>