-=> Quoting Alexander Bilan to Elvis Hargrove <=-
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 AB> You where writing to Ed;
 
 > Does it _EVER_ quit when not idling?  (Surging or sputtering would
 > count.)  Food for thought....
 > 
 > Also, I've seen Mopar distributers with the bearings so worn out that
 > the points didn't open reliably.  See how far you can shake the rotor.
 AB> Excellent point, one that slipped my mind entirely.  My old points
 AB> distributor did this to me, had to leave it in for almost a week, and
 AB> every time I got to work in the morning, before shutting down the
 AB> engine I had to re-set the dwell or it wouldn't start when it came time
 AB> to go home. Then the weekend came and I could scrounge up an HEI. =)
 I had something closely related to this happen to me with my Chevy, to make
 a long story short the camshaft timing gear had been replaced with a 
 "fiber-gear" replacment and it had finally worn down. The timing went out
 so often that I had to pull over and time it by ear every time I went 
 somewhere or it was gutless.
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