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KITPLANES Firewall Forward: Spark Plug Maintenance

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Sunday, June 19, 2022 at 07:11 PM

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Key Takeaways:

CFR 43.3 outlines the specific maintenance tasks, such as spark plug maintenance, that pilots/owners are legally allowed to perform.
The video provides a practical guide on how to properly remove, inspect, clean, and gap aircraft spark plugs.
Learning to maintain your own spark plugs can result in cost savings and help prevent issues like fouled plugs during engine runups.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDgqow8R8Qs

CFR 43.3 describes, in a long list, the maintenance items a pilot/owner can legally do. In this video, KITPLANES editor at large Paul Dye runs through how to remove, inspect, clean and gap spark plugs. Learning to do this can not only save you money, but reduce the frustration of suffering a bad runup because of a fouled plug.

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Paul Dye, KITPLANES® Editor at Large, retired as a Lead Flight Director for NASA’s Human Space Flight program, with 40 years of aerospace experience on everything from Cubs to the Space Shuttle. An avid homebuilder, he began flying and working on airplanes as a teen, and has experience with a wide range of construction techniques and materials. He flies an RV-8 that he built, an RV-3 that he built with his pilot wife, as well as a Dream Tundra they completed. Currently, they are building a Xenos motorglider. A commercially licensed pilot, he has logged over 5000 hours in many different types of aircraft and is an A&P, EAA Tech Counselor and Flight Advisor, as well as a former member of the Homebuilder’s Council. He consults and collaborates in aerospace operations and flight-testing projects across the country.