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Re: Whahappened?

To: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
Subject: Re: Whahappened?
From: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 14:13:23 -0500
At 08:46 AM 5/3/2000 -0400, Chris Kotting wrote:
>.... As I'm driving in to work this morning ('77 Midget, 1500, original ZS
carb, desmogged, Crane xr-700 ignition on original OPUS distributor,
otherwise stock), I slow down for some traffic, and the engine DIES.  
>
>.... The coil and Crane amplifier are cool to the touch, ....
>....
>Any thoughts on what happened?

Uh, yup.  Someone added some unnecessary additional equipment to the car
making it more complex so there are now more things that can fail.  And as
everyone knows, anything that can fail, will.  My first reaction would be
to throw the excess baggage in the trash and install mechanical contact
points.  <flame suit on>

Barney Gaylord
1958 MGA with an attitude
    http://www.ntsource.com/~barneymg


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