That little wire

[Shonuff]

OK, what's with that little wire wrapped around the aft most plug wire? I see it a lot. What have I been missing?

(props to showmepro for letting me borrow his new ski for the question)

 

[GIL]

OK, what's with that little wire wrapped around the aft most plug wire? I see it a lot. What have I been missing?

(props to showmepro for letting me borrow his new ski for the question)

tiny tach

tachometer

 

[crammit442]

Ecwi.

 

[sflsurfrider]

it kind of clashes with the red rust on the sparkplugs

 

[Wolf Child]

holy rust bucket, batman

 

[Shonuff]

Those plugs are now a permanent part of the head.

 

[Mouthfulloflake]

on my ski its the tach, on some skis its the RPM sensor thingamagic for the water valve thingy.

or the ecwi as crammit said.

 

[showmepro1200]

Those plugs are now a permanent part of the head.

No they're not They backed right out fine. They scared the heck out of me though, they sure looked 'welded' to the head but the plug was the only part rusted.

The little wire is for the tiny tach mounted where the choke would be - but the wire is busted off at the point of the last coil around the spark plus wire - so, unless I want to fix it its useless. The tach is actually reading though, the battery is still alive.

 

[restosud]

those plugs are fine.i don't see a problem as rust is a poor conductor therefore flashover is reduced..all of mine look like that and never had an ignition problem.i tell you.