Posted by Dave [75.81.249.81] on Sunday, July 29, 2012 at 23:38:42 :
In Reply to: Vary the length of the hot tube ignitor posted by Paul(in NY) [12.64.152.94] on Sunday, July 29, 2012 at 15:55:14 :
CORRECT!! it was one of the very early ways to ignite the charge of fuel, gas or oil either one. another was another set of points inside the combustion chamber, when the points broke, the ensueing spark lit the charge!! AKA a igniter. Dave.