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Author Topic: Spark plugs as Chrismas tree orniments  (Read 1925 times)

Offline JJH

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Spark plugs as Chrismas tree orniments
« on: December 12, 2016, 04:06:48 PM »
Am I the only person that does this? 

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Re: Spark plugs as Chrismas tree orniments
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2016, 11:22:31 AM »
MY wife wouldn't let them on the tree!
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Offline Justin B.

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Re: Spark plugs as Chrismas tree orniments
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2016, 09:14:07 PM »
Sounds kinda cool but I don't think the limbs on my fake tree would be strong enough to support them.  When would REALLY be neat would be to gut the plug and put a red LED on the tip end and drive it with something that would make the LED flash! :)
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Offline Lucky_Lou

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Re: Spark plugs as Chrismas tree orniments
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2016, 03:22:55 PM »
Its Christmas.... your "over thinking this Justin, it seems nhmaf knows who wears the trousers ... just park the bike in the lounge with the indicators on and some tinsel on the handlebars, who needs a tree.  [smiley=wink.gif]
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Offline skippyc

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Re: Spark plugs as Chrismas tree orniments
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2016, 03:31:16 PM »
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Its Christmas.... your "over thinking this Justin, it seems nhmaf knows who wears the trousers ... just park the bike in the lounge with the indicators on and some tinsel on the handlebars, who needs a tree.  [smiley=wink.gif]
Lou
merry xmas to the herd  [smiley=beerchug.gif]
Now that's a Tree. 8-) Merry Christmas All.

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Re: Spark plugs as Chrismas tree orniments
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2016, 07:51:07 PM »
Well, Lou, sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.  When I got married I had a motorcycle in pieces and my new, understanding, bride didn't give me a lot of grief when I assembled these boxes of parts into a motorcycle in the living room.  I would have gotten out relatively unscathed had I remembered to put in the drain plug before I started dumping oil into the beast...

I guess all's well that ends well and that was 40 years ago and she hasn't tossed me out yet!

Mike - if you made 'em light up and look festive you might get away with it, I wuz just tryin' to help ya out...
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Re: Spark plugs as Chrismas tree orniments
« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2016, 09:12:42 PM »
Justin - it might not be too hard to do if we could remove the center electrode through the body - I may have to try a "proof of concept" with some used plugs in the garage and some small high efficiency LEDs
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Re: Spark plugs as Chrismas tree orniments
« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2016, 10:14:24 PM »
That was kinda my thought...
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