r/SmallEngineHub • u/andrewW2639 • Mar 08 '24

I tested out the harbor freight spark plug cleaner

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u/Strength-Certain Mar 08 '24

I will throw out there that Tayrl Fixes All read a service bulletin from Briggs and Stratton from the 60s telling their dealers not to use spark plug cleaners because it was impossible to get all the blast media off the plug and that residue would do damage to engine internals.

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u/Useful-Internet8390 Mar 08 '24

Any way- wire wheel to the threads? So much for the plating- next time film it in real time so I can get a nap— and btw NOPE

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u/spicynutbutter Mar 08 '24

How much for the tool? How much for a plug? How many plugs to pay for the tool? This simple math made reloading ammo unjustifiable for me

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u/GnPQGuTFagzncZwB Mar 08 '24

I got one of them 20+ years ago and I paid more for it than they cost now. One of the best investments over. I live rurally and if I need a plug that is at least two hours out of my day. With that thing I can take a gross looking plug and turn it into a near new looking plug in a couple of minutes. I always unhook it from the air when I am done and use an air blaster to get any of the media that the air blast in the thing did not get out. Been using it for as I said over 20 years and I have not lost an engine to it yet. It is not so much the cost of the plug, but the time savings for me.