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Re: More help (or not) on the spark plug question
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Posted by Brad--IN on December 31, 2002 at 18:36:39 from (65.119.162.211):
In Reply to: More help (or not) on the spark plug question posted by Les...fortunate on December 31, 2002 at 14:10:14:
Not to dispute the dealer's expertise, but I had fouling problems while using Champeens on my Farmall M puller. Compression in the 200 psi neighborhood, so I don't believe I have poor compression. Had valves ground when head was milled so I am sure seat is good. That was performed approx. 4 seasons ago. With my compression, I run 114 octane fuel to eliminate pre-ignition, so not sure about the unleaded gas issue. Amazingly, my plug fouling ceased when I went to AC or Autolite plugs. Guess I will keep using them.
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