Why I Love Those Who Love Old Tractors

[murva]

This comment was posted today in response to a "no start" problem with a 1940s era Ford 9N farm tractor.

Another way to answer your question: air serves as a dialectric in the spark plug. High voltage (you DO know about the secondary on that coil, right?) causes the dialectric to break down, permitting current flow

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[lizzielazarus]

Is civilian in this case non-military or non-army-of-tractor?

At first, I skimmed and read something about a dialectic of the spark plug, which sounded a lot like Hegel finally getting down to bidness, if you know what I mean.