A question on points and gaps and a comment.

[missatoria]

Before I get kicked off the sight, Please accept my sincerest apologies for "double posting" my message and sending an attachment as well. It was embedded in the file unbeknownst to me and I did not know it was there until it posted. Then I could not remove it. I seem to have angered at least one member Blake/Bullwinkel writes, "Your little MG's might be cute, but I can't read one bit of the message. Keep the background image to yourself and quite wasting internet time and space with UNNECESSARY fluff." I suppose a gentleman might concede that even the best of us make mistakes at times. I work with computers for my living, which sometimes means I have a multitude of file types and sound files hanging around. Sometimes I trip over them, if you get my gist. I think it is very important on the Internet to remember that there is another human being on the other end of that "send" button. I feel it's more constructive to send a note of explanation to someone who didn't know any better than blast him or her with an angry message. I was under the impression that we were on this list in the hope of sharing information and to help each other at times, so in that spirit I will remind Blake/Bullwinkel that when you capitalize something in type on the Internet it is the same as yelling. I want to thank all of you who have been so kind and helpful to me and I am truly sorry for any inconvenience I may have caused you. That fluff disturber, Victoria Smith McKenna

[Dave & Diana Dwyer]

Victoria I didn't have any problem reading any of your messages: perhaps Bullwinkle had just had a bad day. 1. Points gap You need to look at the cam fitted in the distributor because it might have been changed at some time. If the car still has the original type, which looks like a square with rounded off corners, set gap to .010-.012. If the thing looks like a square tin can that's been pressurised a bit so it has sharp corners but bulging sides, that's the later type and requires .014-.016 gap. 2. Plug gap - I'd use .025 for a normal short reach plug 3. The capacitor (condenser) was originally soldered to the base plate: I believe they intended that you replace the the whole assembly. I don't know if it's possible to get a replacement capacitor alone - perhaps others can advise on this. If it is, by all means unsolder the old one and mount the new one preferably using a screw, rather than soldering. Regards Dave Dwyer J2, TA, TC

[R. Zwart]

I knew it! You were bound to get chastised!!!! That should not be classified as a mistake, but a great idea for upgrading this old BLAH! E- Mail...... Plain old black and white....... Give it some life! BOB missatoria wrote:

> Before I get kicked off the sight, Please accept my sincerest > apologies for "double posting" my message and sending an attachment as > well. It was embedded in the file unbeknownst to me and I did not know > it was there until it posted. Then I > could not remove it. I seem to have angered at least one member > > Blake/Bullwinkel writes, > > "Your little MG's might be cute, but I can't read one bit of the > message. Keep the background image to yourself and quite wasting > internet time and space with UNNECESSARY fluff." > > I suppose a gentleman might concede that even the best of us make > mistakes at times. I work with computers for my living, which > sometimes means I have a multitude of file types and sound files > hanging around. Sometimes I trip over them, if you get my gist. > I think it is very important on the Internet to remember that > there is another human being on the other end of that "send" button. I > feel it's more > constructive to send a note of explanation to someone who didn't know > any better than blast him or her with an angry message. > I was under the impression that we were on this list in the hope > of sharing information and to help each other at times, so in that > spirit I will remind Blake/Bullwinkel that when you capitalize > something in type on the Internet it is the same as yelling. > I want to thank all of you who have been so kind and helpful > to me and I am truly sorry for any inconvenience I may have caused > you. > > That fluff disturber, > Victoria Smith McKenna > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/