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    I carry a condenser, points & rotor in my emergency kit.  If I
    ever get around to rebuilding the stock fuel pump that I recently
    replaced, I'll carry it also.  <br>
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    CR<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/23/2019 10:03 AM, David F. Darby
      via Mgs wrote:<br>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">A
            failed condenser stopped my MGB on the highway once.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">On 7/22/2019 1:18 PM, Max Heim via Mgs
              wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">How do bad condensers cause rough
              running? All they do is prevent the points from burning.
              Oh, you are saying the points are burnt. <o:p></o:p></p>
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                          style="font-size:10.0pt">Max Heim<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                          style="font-size:10.0pt">'66 MGB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal">On Jul 22, 2019, at 11:10 AM, i
                      erbs via Mgs <<a
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">could
                          also be a bad a condenser. Could coincidental,
                          not causational. How old is the condenser?
                          Even if newish, there are lots of crappy new
                          Lucas parts out there. I had three bad ones
                          with similar results, until replaced with  a
                          Distributor Doctor HD condenser.<br
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                                                          Erbs <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Portland,OR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                                                  BT7
                                                          engine and
                                                          disk brakes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">1967
                                                          MGB  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                                          racing car is
                                                          an animal with
                                                          a thousand
                                                          adjustments.
                                                          Mario Andretti</span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Please
                                                          excuse random
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                                                          and misspelled
                                                          words<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">On
                            Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 10:36 AM David Breneman
                            via Mgs <<a
                              href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net"
                              moz-do-not-send="true">mgs@autox.team.net</a>>
                            wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">I've
                                    never encountered a "bad fuel"
                                    problem before, so I'm looking<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">for
                                    some confirmation (or not).  The
                                    local Mom-without-Pop store put<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">in
                                    new pumps, and one of the things
                                    they're offering now is 92 octane
                                    (US)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">alcohol-free
                                    gas.  I had about a quarter tank in
                                    my MGA (w/MGB high<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">compression
                                    engine) so I went to fill up.  The
                                    pump with the alcohol-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">free
                                    gas was out of order!  So I put in
                                    three gallons of regular 92<span
                                      class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">octane,
                                    and about 1/4 mile from the station
                                    started experiencing a lot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">of
                                    misfiring, mostly when accelerating
                                    in 3rd and 4th.  I continued<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                    class="gmail-m9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">driving
                                      like this for about 20 miles to
                                      see if it would clear up and it</span></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                    class="gmail-m9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">never
                                      did.  I can't imagine it's
                                      anything but the fuel, but I've
                                      never</span></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                    class="gmail-m9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">encountered
                                      "bad fuel" situation like this in
                                      44 years of driving.</span></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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                                    class="gmail-m9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">The
                                      fact that it started about 1/4
                                      mile after leaving the station
                                      seems</span></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                    class="gmail-m9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">like
                                      pretty good evidence.  Any other
                                      possibilities?  Is there any
                                      option</span></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                    class="gmail-m9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">other
                                      than to just burn through this
                                      half tank of gas?</span></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                    class="gmail-m9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Thanks! </span></span><span
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">David
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href="mailto:david_breneman@yahoo.com" target="_blank"
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