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Im back from the Mt Washington Hillclimb and my trip to the lake. Square is still running well but the carbon brush in the distributor cap decided to break out when I was half way up Washington! I noticed the Tach twitching for a little while and after starting it again half way up the mountain after I was done timing the race the needle went nuts and the engine died! Now picture a 40MPH wind, 45 degrees and blowing fog and rain.... Thank goodness for a car that you can work on the engine without getting out of it!!! But do you think Id have a spare cap? I have enough spare parts with me to rebuild the engine up there but no cap!!! So just when I thought I was screwed I realized that was the solution... I found a small screw in the glove box, stuck it in the brush hole... wedged it in with a piece of aluminum foil from the engine cover and WALLA! Voom! it starts right up... and we continue to the Summit. If you ever want to drive a Hairy road the Mt Washington Auto road is it!! Narrow, unpaved, barely enough room for 2 cars and no guardrails with fall offs thousands of feet on the side... good thing I was in a car I was comfortable with! Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~