[AJD] Champion Plugs - was Re: JD 70 running rough

[Almost-Running Deere]

Actually plowing snow heats the engine up quite nicely and it runs about 200 degrees.  I'm not sure if my story is annecdotal I am just sharing my experience certainly your milage may vary and I'm sure that the status of the ring etc play a role in fouling as well.  

> From: jmn50 at msn.com> To: antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:14:00 -0400> Subject: Re: [AJD] Champion Plugs - was Re: JD 70 running rough> > One hears a lot of antecdotal evidence of Champion Plug bashing lol of > which I may be guilty as Ive also had better luck with Autolite. Duane > Larson and Frank have more detailed scientific info on the subject of > quality and design and manufacture of the porcelain/ceramic and its porosity > which contributes to the deposition of fouling deposits on spark plug > insulators. REGARDLESS of plug brands, if we ran our tractors at 180 degrees > and under a load at full RPM versus the prolonged slow idle and no load and > cool operating temperautes at parades, plugs would last muchhhhhhhhh longer. > Use shutters etc to get them up to temperature,,,,avoid long idle > periods,,,,,run the hotetst available NON resistor plug,,,,,,,,,dont run the > carbs any richer then necessary,,,,,,,,,,,keep them well tuned and use wire > core (not carbon core suppressor wires) plug wire,,,,,and run then loaded > where possible is my best advice to lessen premature plug fouling. Ol John > T in Indiana> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Troy Bogdan" <tbogdan1 at earthlink.net>> To: "Antique John Deere mailing list" > <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 9:32 AM> Subject: [AJD] Champion Plugs - was Re: JD 70 running rough> > > > Dana,> > Perhaps it is because the Champion plugs I am using are several years old.> > I bought a bunch of D-21s in bulk many years ago, and I am still using > > from> > that stock. Maybe the new ones aren't being made with the same quality > > they> > used to have . . . that would be true with many things, John Deere > > Tractors> > included.> >> > You know the old saying . . . something like . . . things just aren't as> > good as they used to be. That is true with most brand-new products (and> > service) today.> >> > Anyways, I'll keep that in mind if I need to replace any of the other > > spark> > plugs from machinery around the farm, Take Care, Troy> >> > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Almost-Running Deere" <deereman1000 at hotmail.com>> > To: "Antique John Deere mailing list"> > <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>> > Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 9:17 AM> > Subject: Re: [AJD] JD 70 running rough> >> >> > Your experince with champions are different than mine. My snow plow > > tractor> > (ford Jubillee) was running rough as heck last January and I changed the> > points and condensor but it made little difference, The champion plugs > > were> > less than a year old but I replaced them with autolites and the rough> > running went away. This has happened on my JD 40 and my A in the last few> > years as well. It is easier to get champion plugs but I no longer care > > for> > them. Just my experince. Dana> >> >> > _______________________________________________> > Antique-johndeere mailing list> > http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/antique-johndeere > > _______________________________________________> Antique-johndeere mailing list> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/antique-johndeere
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