Re: [T3] Tip of the week

[stans4@ix.netcom.com (Stan Schaefer)]

Try a rubbing block breaking off in the middle of a snow storm about 8
at night on the uphill side of a Nevada mountain.  Thank God for a
spare distributor.  Unloaded the back, plunked in the new one, loaded
back up and was on my way in 20 minutes.  Good thing, too.  Another 20
minutes and I would have been a popsicle.

On Sat, 2 Jan 1999 00:26:02 -0800 (PST), you wrote:

>You're driving along, minding your own business, all's right with the 
>world, when you suddenly notice the engine is missing erratically. Then 
>you notice that it's getting steadily worse. It becomes clear that it 
>does better with steady cruising, but acceleration is getting to be a 
>disaster, and you start thinking about finding a place to park before 
>something serious cuts loose. 
>
>This happened to me last night while cruising through the center of 
>Phoenix, which is not the best place to pull over on a party night. 
>You should find that place and get out the tools, but don't even think 
>about valves or plugs or timing or overheat until you've checked the 
>dwell. 
>
>After running myself around the bend in the middle of the night, goofing 
>with adjustments for altitude, fuel mixture, even running the valves, I 
>finally turned on my dwell meter and there it was. The points were 
>drifting apart, possibly because the rotor shaft was dry, possibly 
>because they were just not up to necessary quality. I had to stop 
>several times over the hour and a half on the way home to readjust them. 
>
>I thought I'd place this in the group consciousness since I replaced the 
>points with a Pertronix unit today, and I don't expect this to come up 
>again.
>
>Thanks all for your suggestions on dying at idle. Wishing everyone a 
>prosperous, safe and fun-filled '99 --
>
>Steven Ayres, Prescott AZ
>'66 343  
>
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