[T3] - update (formerly, What have I done?)

["timothy kuehn" <keen_tj@hotmail.com>]

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Sure, either of these could lead to lumpy points, but I'm more inclined to 
believe that the burrs and the metallic dust share a common cause.  I know 
the points mated cleanly a couple weeks ago when I poked around at it the 
first time.  I thought the burr might just be a pile of that silver dust 
that got welded onto the contact point.

<<check for side play in the distributor shaft>>

I detect no unusual play in the shaft.  But tell me, what's the correct way 
to check it?  And finish that thought - if there is side play in the shaft, 
that means the teeny metal shavings are coming from...?

Jim, thanks for the overhaul offer - love to take you up on it, but like you 
said, that'd put me off the road for a while.  And while the car might 
appreciate the vacation, I simply couldn't get by without him for that long.

--timmy
'72 square
redondo, ca


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