<< On 6/11/2013 7:11 AM, Chris Dimmock wrote:
> Thats weird Bob.
> My new spare points are at the same orientation as my old ones...
> < ducks beer cans >
> Chris >>
'Tain't "weird", Chris. Er, as long as beer cans are EMPTY ! ! ! LOL
Oh wait, you're talking about points ! ? !
But I am WITH you <G> ! ! One of the 'spares' I carry (In a gallon
zip lock bag) is a fully built
dizzy with USED points and base plate. 2 set screws out, dizzy out,
new dizzy in, 2 set screws,
and motor on <G> ! !
Before you gents get shorts all knotted up from USED (points), hear
me out plz. Part of my
'wake-up-Hortense' <G> IF I going on some long trips (500 round-trip
miles) IS to check dwell,
timing and how much meat is actually on the points and condition of
surfaces. IF all is well (which
is normally the case) bump starter around rotor at # 1 and OUT comes
the dizzy AS IE and into
zip lock bag. Put a set of points in the 'spare dizzy', install it
and check timing & dwell which are
usually normal <G> ! Then if I DO break down, in out & in for a KNOWN
WORKING dizzy as off
we go.
Side benefit is I also have said unit to fix somebody's elses car ! !
IIRC it was season of '89
that I 'fixed' half-a-dozen cars. That dizzy had more miles on it
than Hortense did ! !
USPS/UPS/FedEx included ! ! LOL Also, IIRC 'fixed' one Petronix
equipped car ! ! !
LMAO at that one. I told the chap - very long time pal - he owed me a
bunch of beers and that
he WOULD see a very big gloating smile with each beer ! ! !
But the point is that dizzy was a KNOWN, WORKING unit.
Ed
'63 BJ 7 (Hortense THE Healey wearing STD IL plates AH BJ 7 )
Please visit MY site at: www.justbrits.com
PS: After a few trips I started carrying a 4 cyl for MGBs.
PPS: MORE ducking for empty beer cans (PLZ as I crush & sell at
recycle place <VBG>) ! !
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