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    What do you mean by "intermediate state"?<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/23/2019 11:03 AM, Max Heim via Mgs
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      I understand how it could make the car inoperable. I don’t see an
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            <div class="">On Jul 23, 2019, at 6:53 AM, Charley Robinson
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                Max.  When the points open, the condenser discharges
                through the coil in order to perpetuate the spark. 
                Without the condenser the engine may not even start. 
                Try it some time. <span class="moz-smiley-s1"><span
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                <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/22/2019 1:18 PM, Max
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                  How do bad condensers cause rough running? All they do
                  is prevent the points from burning. Oh, you are saying
                  the points are burnt.
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                        <div class="">On Jul 22, 2019, at 11:10 AM, i
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                            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,
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                                                          racing car is
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                              Jul 22, 2019 at 10:36 AM David Breneman
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                                    <div dir="ltr" class="">I've never
                                      encountered a "bad fuel" problem
                                      before, so I'm looking</div>
                                    <div dir="ltr" class="">for some
                                      confirmation (or not).  The local
                                      Mom-without-Pop store put</div>
                                    <div dir="ltr" class="">in new
                                      pumps, and one of the things
                                      they're offering now is 92 octane
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                                    <div dir="ltr" class="">alcohol-free
                                      gas.  I had about a quarter tank
                                      in my MGA (w/MGB high</div>
                                    <div dir="ltr" class="">compression
                                      engine) so I went to fill up.  The
                                      pump with the alcohol-</div>
                                    <div dir="ltr" class="">free gas was
                                      out of order!  So I put in three
                                      gallons of regular 92<span
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                                    <div dir="ltr" class="">octane, and
                                      about 1/4 mile from the station
                                      started experiencing a lot</div>
                                    <div dir="ltr" class="">of
                                      misfiring, mostly when
                                      accelerating in 3rd and 4th.  I
                                      continued</div>
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                                          class="gmail-m_9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st">driving
                                          like this for about 20 miles
                                          to see if it would clear up
                                          and it</span></span></div>
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                                          class="gmail-m_9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st">never
                                          did.  I can't imagine it's
                                          anything but the fuel, but
                                          I've never</span></span></div>
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                                          class="gmail-m_9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st">encountered
                                          "bad fuel" situation like this
                                          in 44 years of driving.</span></span></div>
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                                    <div dir="ltr" class=""><span
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                                          class="gmail-m_9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st">The
                                          fact that it started about 1/4
                                          mile after leaving the station
                                          seems</span></span></div>
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                                          class="gmail-m_9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st">like
                                          pretty good evidence.  Any
                                          other possibilities?  Is there
                                          any option</span></span></div>
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                                          class="gmail-m_9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st">other
                                          than to just burn through this
                                          half tank of gas?</span></span></div>
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