[SEL] Rotigel mag tester

[Richard Fink Sr]

Francis that reminds me of an uncle i had,he had a high tolerance for 
electrical shock, He could place his arm on a Chevy six and shut down the 
engine.always amassed me. but i never stood close.
R Fink
PA



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <FRM8198 at aol.com>
To: <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Rotigel mag tester


> After reading this email, it reminded me of the Service Manager at  the
> Cousin's Tractors in Hanford, California many years ago.  I believe his 
> name w
> as Nash and he had lost one of his legs during World War 1.  Nash  would
> tease his customers by checking the ignition by grabbing a spark plug with 
> his
> hand.  He liked to get his customer to do the same thing.  Of  course, the
> customer would get a shock of his life.  What they didn't know,  that Nash
> would lift his good leg slightly up so it would touch the  ground.  The
> artificial leg would act like an isolator and NOT affect  him 
> electrically.
> However, one time one of the customers noticed  Nash lifting his good leg 
> as he
> grabbed a spark plug.    This  customer who had a high tolerance to
> electrical shock, touched Nash on the  butt.  Needless to say, Nash 
> stopped  this
> practice after the story  got around.
>
> Francis Maciel
> Santa Maria, CA 93454
>
>
> In a message dated 4/28/2012 7:17:50 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> tchristoff at earthlink.net writes:
>
> Dave  once wrote that when he wanted to test a mag, he would get a kid 
> down
> the  street to hold on to the wire.  Well I tired that tonight.  I was
> working on an engine for Nikolai and he was watching.  I could not get 
> the mag
> to fire so I set it up in the lathe and still was not able to notice  the
> spark.  I so got Nikolai to hold on to the hot spot on the coil and I 
> would
> spin it.  Did about 15 times around and he just stood there like  nothing
> was going on.  So in frustration, I grabbed that spot and spun it  and it 
> just
> about layed me on the ground.  I looked over at Nikolai and  he had the
> biggest grin on his face, basicly, it was a gotcha grin.  The  kid must 
> have a
> high tolerance to ele. or he was just screwing with me.   Anyway, Dave, 
> your
> idea does not work.
>
> Tim Christoff
> Basehor,  KS.
>
> Tim  Christoff
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