Old sparkplugs, anything useful to do with them?

Atlantic Dawn

Changed the plugs in my car during the week and did as I normally do just dumped them in the bin. For future reference is there anything useful to do with them or any collection point where they might be recycled proper?

Toyotafanboi

Get some old nuts and make a racing car!

colm_mcm

They're very handy for breaking glass. Smash the ceramic up and just throw a fragment at the window.

Limited applications unless you're up to no good to be fair.

Atlantic Dawn

colm_mcm wrote: »

They're very handy for breaking glass. Smash the ceramic up and just throw a fragment at the window.

Limited applications unless you're up to no good to be fair.

I'm sorry I asked now :pac:

flutered

guy down in co tipp used to make life sized star wars type models out of them

Harry Palmr

Paint them gold and set them in some rough quartz and you can present the local GAA side with an chintzy trophy for free.

Isambard

keep them until you come to sell the car and put them back in, maximising profit on sale

colm_mcm

This works for oil too.

stesaurus

colm_mcm wrote: »

They're very handy for breaking glass. Smash the ceramic up and just throw a fragment at the window.

Limited applications unless you're up to no good to be fair.

I'm amazed that this hasn't been more widespread. Can you imagine the damage some little scrotes could do. Scary

Bio Mech

You can use them as fishing weights. When sea fishing for example and you expect to loose a lot of weights fishing over rough ground. With the price of lead being high sea fishing weights are not cheap. These can be a cheap alternative.

737max

lawnmower engines with OHV should be able to take an old car spark plug. de-carbonize and reset the gap and they'll work in your lawnmower but compare the reach of the plugs before doing this as you wouldn't want the piston hitting the plug.

If there is a banger in the family then that is where you gift your old but good sparkplugs and oil.

Ubbquittious

Use as an ignition source for a potato cannon

davycc

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Changed the plugs in my car during the week and did as I normally do just dumped them in the bin. For future reference is there anything useful to do with them or any collection point where they might be recycled proper?

I used to keep my old spark plugs and pool balls in my drivers side door pockets to throw at cyclists and other motorists...

Isambard

737max wrote: »

lawnmower engines with OHV should be able to take an old car spark plug. de-carbonize and reset the gap and they'll work in your lawnmower but compare the reach of the plugs before doing this as you wouldn't want the piston hitting the plug.

If there is a banger in the family then that is where you gift your old but good sparkplugs and oil.

they aren't ordinary lawn mower engines I assume?

bazz26

Give them to this guy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbTWLdT_tgk

biko

They make beautiful, albeit a little heavy, earrings.

Yawns

Teddington Cuddlesworth

Sell them on as the newest hand fidget spinner.

Also works for coats.

Are Am Eye

stesaurus wrote: »

I'm amazed that this hasn't been more widespread. Can you imagine the damage some little scrotes could do. Scary

They used to nick the shatter hammers you find around buses.

You could also utilise the high C of a trained Soprano.

ba_barabus

They make a great sump plug when you're stuck

Jack the Stripper

The break up of ceramic and throw it to break windows yea it's a wonder this hasn't been brought in for military use.

Esel

Ceramic breaking car windows me arse. The trick was a spark plug on a piece of string like a conker.

ba_barabus

Esel wrote: »

Ceramic breaking car windows me arse. The trick was a spark plug on a piece of string like a conker.

Am I the only one who has been happy to use a screwdriver to break a window with minimal effortand fuss?

Esel

Esel wrote: »

......The trick was a spark plug on a piece of string like a conker.

Me arse