[SEL] Friends and Igniters

[Judge Tommy Turner]

Curt,

    Springfield igniters fire outside the cylinder.  I'm sure there are 
others.

Tommy Turner
Magnolia, KY




Curt Holland wrote:

> 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
>>
>
>
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