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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>When this happened I had a complete kit of ignition parts with me EXCEPT a condenser.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>DFD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Charley Robinson [mailto:Charley38@twc.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 23, 2019 10:45 AM<br><b>To:</b> David F. Darby; mgs@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Mgs] Bad Fuel Question<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>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><br>CR<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 7/23/2019 10:03 AM, David F. Darby via Mgs wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>A failed condenser stopped my MGB on the highway once.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>David</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 7/22/2019 1:18 PM, Max Heim via Mgs wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><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><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>--</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Max Heim</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>'66 MGB</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Jul 22, 2019, at 11:10 AM, i erbs via Mgs <<a href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net">mgs@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span 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 clear=all></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Ira Erbs </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Portland,OR</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'> _______ _______<br> (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)<br> (_________________________)</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> BT7 engine and disk brakes</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>1967 MGB </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario Andretti</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span 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">mgs@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><div><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</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><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</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><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)</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><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</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><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-</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><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></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><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</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><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</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span 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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span 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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span 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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span 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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span 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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span 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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmail-m9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Thanks! </span></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>David Breneman<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:david_breneman@yahoo.com" target="_blank">david_breneman@yahoo.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Mgs@autox.team.net">Mgs@autox.team.net</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Suggested annual donation $12.75<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/mgs">http://www.team.net/pipermail/mgs</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Unsubscribe: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/mgs/charley38@twc.com">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/mgs/charley38@twc.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>