[AT] never had that to happen before

[Ralph Goff]

John that reminds me of a cold winter day back about 1973 on a trip to the 
city. The old 64 Pontiac Laurentian was cruising along the trans Canada just 
fine and suddenly died. Same as you I opened the distributor cap and found 
the spring had fallen off the rotor effectively breaking contact with the 
coil post. All I could find in the glove compartment was a pipe cleaner 
(remember those?). I used it to wrap around the spring and rotor good enough 
to hold it together to get to the next town where surprisingly enough, they 
had a new rotor in stock.
Talk about necessity being the mother of invention.

Ralph in Sask.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "john hall" <jtchall at nc.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 9:08 PM
Subject: [AT] never had that to happen before


> Had one of the Super A's pulling the elevator tonight transfering a load 
> of wheat. Suddenly it died, not a spit, sputter or even a backfire. First 
> instinct was to check the gas--had plenty. Grabbed a can of starting fluid 
> and shot it in the air cleaner, no results. Popped off the distributor cap 
> and something fell out. Turns out it was the metal part of the rotor 
> button--never had that to happen before. Got to love all these Chineese 
> parts!
>
> John Hall
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