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Re: Distributor clamp

To: Gary and Kate Bales <kgb@clipper.net>
Subject: Re: Distributor clamp
From: type79@ix.netcom.com
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 22:55:15 -0800
Cc: "Charles D. Sorkin" <cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com>, Spridgets list <spridgets@autox.team.net>
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Gary,
We tried that dog leash thing last year. The car ran long enough to get home, 
but
the vet bills were outrageous. The cat was happy though.

Jay Fishbein, CT

Gary and Kate Bales wrote:

> Hi Charles,
> I would not recommend this as a permanent fix, but my Midget ran just fine for
> over 40 miles with her distributer tied on with a dog leash.  It's really
> amazing what these little cars are willing to do for their owners!
> Kate
>
> Charles D. Sorkin wrote:
>
> > Good evening list:
> >
> > I seem to have gotten the Midget in modestly good running order, but as I
> > mentoned a few days ago, I have had some difficulty in tightening the
> > distributor clamp.  After several socket/wrench/ratchet investments, I
> > finally torqued it all the way down.
> >
> > And then I noticed that it broke.  Not the dizzy.  The clamp itself. It must
> > be bent somehow, because it is now all the way tightened, and the
> > distributor still rotates freely.  Any ideas short of buying a new clamp
> > assembly?  A new one isn't expensive, it jut looks like a nuisance to
> > install it.
> >
> > At least I'm back on the road.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Charles
> > '74 Midget
> > cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com
> > Bloomfield, NJ


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