WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote in a message to CHARLES ANGELICH:

 WC> Another notice I got from Ford was a sticker I was supposed to
 WC> stick on my eyeshade notifying me the car could unexpectedly move
 WC> from park or neutral into drive.

 WC> The week after I received that wonderously helpful sticker I was
 WC> tuning the car and it did exactly that.

 WC> I had _just_ enough time to clear the distance between the car and
 WC> garage door diving into the open driver's door and depress the
 WC> brake pedal with my hand before the car drove through the garage
 WC> door. Stopped it about 1 1/2 inches from impact.

 WC> Sure am glad they sent me that sticker else I guess I'd have just
 WC> stood there and got run over.

The sticker didn't stop the car,  eh?  Must've been defective...

 WC> Never did figure out how to set timing or points without the motor
 WC> running to avoid a disintegrating fan blade.
 WC> How would one do the advance setting statically?

You hook up yer dwell meter and run the wires to the inside of the
passenger compartment,  where you sit with your foot on the brake,  I
guess.

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