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57/2/1: Continuing the spark plug conversation

I am a 68-year-old retired small engine mechanic. When I first started, I was 8 or 9 years old.

I made this my life’s work and did a lot of it as a Briggs & Stratton factory dealer. At that time we worked on a lot of B&S 5S engines that were on reel mowers being used every day. Later I taught small

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