Originally Posted by
dirtybird
Here is my insane way for checking for spark.
I remove the plug, stick a screwdriver in th the speark plug lead connector, grab the screwdriver and press my hand to the cylinder head and flip the prop. If my fingers curl up I know I have a spark.
If you try this make sure no other part of your body touches the engine or the ignition circuit.
That's funny as hell.
A fella that I did some mechanickin with many moons ago thought it would be cool to do something similar to an accel, might have been a Mallory, ignition the first time he saw one. He now has a hole through his thumb.