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Franklin vs Continental

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Brett Lovett:
How about an LCA with a Continental A-75-8 or -9???

Dan C:
The Champion C10S is a good plug for the Franklin. You can always buy them from Fresno at $7.50/ea and sometimes a lot cheaper on Ebay. Don't try to straighten the offset. Remember the torque to install is only 200 in/lbs +- 20. They don't last as long as the REJ-38, but at the price.........
Dan

Paul Rule:
Franklin aka: Air Cooled Motors  (back in 1942-43) recomended top o-haul at 250 hrs and major at 500 hrs.   That said, keep in mind that such tools as differential compression testers did not yet exist (or were just begining to be used by a few)  and the gasoline and oil quality was only a ghost of what it is today :).

Culver Dreamer:
Hi  Paul: What oil are you using in your Franklin? Single weight or multi weight? Secondly do you use straight 100 LL fuel or do you cut down the lead by mixing it with auto fuel?
Thanks Mark

Paul Rule:
I did not use auto fuel because it's not approved for the Cadet and because of the alcohol content.  Non- USA gasoline w/o the alcohol might be worth looking into.  As for oul - here in the (warm) AZ desert I just used Shell W-100 which worked fine and did not spike the perssure at all.   

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