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To: central_va

Digital high powered assault mousetrap.


61 posted on 10/09/2011 2:51:47 PM PDT by bobby.223
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To: bobby.223

“Digital high powered assault mousetrap.”

Not quite, but interesting answer. :-)

Our first new car after getting married was a 1971 Datsun 510. It had dual points. You had to set the gap right in order to get the proper dwell. (remember dwell meters?) However, the timing difference between each set of points changes when the dwell changed. What a bear to get right.

.016” gap, IIRC. a business card would do in a pinch if you didn’t have feeler gauges handy. Change plugs & points every 15k to 20K miles. That is one part of the good old days that I do NOT miss!

Now I feel a little bit guilty when I forget to change my platinum plugs every 100K.


70 posted on 10/09/2011 3:37:26 PM PDT by BwanaNdege (“Man has often lost his way, but modern man has lost his address” - Gilbert K. Chesterton)
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