Re: RE: Re: RE: Platinum Plugs with MSD and Boost?

From: jay & dana (jay&dana@telus.net)
Date: Thu Oct 26 2000 - 20:16:35 EDT


The regular Bosch platinum plugs don't have platinum tips, the center
electrode is 99.?% platinum. So there for no platinum tips, no flaking off.
The ground electrode is not platinum. Or am I mistaken here.

Jay

-----Original Message-----
From: Bernd D. Ratsch <bernd@texas.net>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 10:27 PM
Subject: DML: RE: Re: RE: Platinum Plugs with MSD and Boost?

>
>Call them up and the techs will tell you "NO" everytime. They also wear
out
>too soon due to the Platinum "Tips" flaking and i've seen mis-fires with
>Platinum plugs and MSD Ignitions as well.
>
>Stick with the Autolites.
>
>- Bernd
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Tim Berry
>Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 10:52 PM
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: DML: Re: RE: Platinum Plugs with MSD and Boost?
>
>On the MSD 6A instructions, it states "...MSD does not recomend which plug
>or gap is recomended for your application..."
>What is the reason for not using a platnum, just curious... (I have the
>Autolite 3922's now, so dont worry =-)
>*-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-*
>Tim Berry (97 Dakota Club Cab)
>



This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Jun 20 2003 - 11:56:27 EDT