[Healeys] flying trip

[James Shope]

just got back from a three day trip in the bj8. vegas to yellowstone, jackson
hole, western wyoming, bear lake, central utah to home.  the healey only had
one mishap.  yep, you guessed it.  massive flameout in salt lake city.
coasted onto offramp and down into gas station.  knew it was electrical
problem.  checked distributor and had primary spark.  thinkin "i have seen
this movie before", put an old rotor i had for years on, snapped the cap on
and it fired immedietly and never missed a beat the rest of the way.  the old
rotor was very old, but it had oil up inside and i remembered i had oiled the
distributor shaft last week.  could have caused the problem but who cares.
now carry three rotors.  no heat problems even though hot days, high altitude
and long grades.  hottest it got was about 206-208 on the freeway at 75-80mph.
healeymanjim