I know this'll sound weird, but I miss points. I started out in this business when few cars had electronic ignition, and almost none had FI. The cars I work on now have so much electronics it ridiculous, IMHO. If I get another car, it won't be for daily use (I still have the Eagle for that, EFI, EI, and all) but to remember what cars were like when I started working on them. Guess I'm gettin' old... Keleigh Swygert, Francis G MSgt 436 CES/CECM wrote: > For 90% of flats a temp fix with fix-a-flat works fine. Just don't put > off getting it fixed for more than a day or two! That's the big > "problem" with temporary spares -- people tend to run on them for days > or even weeks! I couldn't help but laugh when I saw some idiot on the > side of the road a couple days ago with a flat. He had obviously been > running the temp spare for a while (from the looks of the wheel) -- it > was flat!! There's a reason they call them temporary -- and fix-a-flat a > temporary fix... > > I can live with a carburetor, but won't do points for long! Pertronix is > just to easy and precise, and makes a difference overall in power and > economy by staying in tune. I know a well tuned set of points is really > just as good, but it takes time to set them correctly, then it has to be > done every 5K miles or so. I don't mind tinkering with my cars, but > prefer to keep scheduled maintenance to a minimum. There is a big > difference with electronic ignition, and it's cheap enough at around > $100 to pay for itself. Just the convenience of quicker starts is worth > it to me. For those who don't trust electronics, the Pertronix is really > the way to go -- keep a set of points for a quick fix since it's easy to > pull the Pertronix unit and drop the points back in. > > > -------------------------------------------- > Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 11:02 PM > From: Keleigh Hardie <keleigh3000@xxxxxxxxx> > > Agreed, it is. I've been craving a simpler car myself lately. Something > with points and a carburetor. I understand. On an intellectual level, > though, I do agree with Frank. Space savers make sense. Flat tires > aren't all that common any more, and with modern cars some wheel/tire > assemblies are so expensive and heavy that it doesn't make sense to > waste a lot of money and weight on a wheel and tire you may never use. I > know that hardly any of my customers are likely to change their own any > more. Heck, some of our cars don't come with any spare at all, just a > high tech bottle of "fix-a-flat". Hope their AAA membership is > current... > > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > > _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list