On 18/02/2018 17:03, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 18/02/18 11:12, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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Â*Â*Â* The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 17/02/18 18:25, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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Â*Â*Â*Â* James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Sat, 17 Feb 2018 12:58:50 -0000, Dave Plowman (News)
wrote:

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Â*Â*Â*Â* James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
The best way would probably be to deliberately make the vehicle
inoperative, stick on the hazard lights, then you can claim you
broke
down.Â* Pull out an HT lead, then you can try to start it without
success.

You have a car with an HT lead? How very quaint.

How else do you think the spark plug operates?Â* (Diesels excepted)

You've not looked at an engine made in the last 20 years or so?

yep. coil pack, HT leads...

So you think removing one HT lead would stop it running? You probably do.

no, but swapping two might work



Not very likely, many engines just spark on all cylinders at the same
time. Only one is actually in a state where it will ignite.