(snip) But I knew that removing the
>vacuum retard had the effect of moving the upper plate in the
>distributor which might mean... a short. In fact that was the problem.
>One of the wires in the low tension circuit had broken INSIDE the
>insulation. When I blipped the throttle, the car would advance and
>short in the distributor, just for a second. Man what a great feeling
>to fix such an illusive problem!
Scotty, in all seriousness, this is a truly world class debugging, nice
work and thanks for sharing
Joe
Joseph R Schneider, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School
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describing Guenther in "Spencer Tracy is not dead"
or alternatively, my wife describing me
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