Congratulations on selling the car. Someone got a very nice and well sorted automobile. I’m sure you’re happy it sold, bust sad to see it go.

Congrats!

I like to call it “mechanic’s wire.”

Car is sold.

Congrats! Most excellent results and detailed write-up! Third gear should be fun now, pushing through corners…

Can you report back on the temps you’re now seeing, with the jetting set and the venture ring installed? Thanks!

OK, let’s not laugh at carrying bailing wire.

The full story will take too long to tell here. But the short version is: Years ago, my wife (at the time) and I, and a family of four whom we had just met in an airport, ended up in a VW Micro Bus taxi, traveling across Mexico from Guadalajara to Manzanillo. Trust me, there are no highways!

Mid-way…[Read more]

OK, let’s not laugh at carrying bailing wire.

The full story will take too long to tell here. But the short version is: Years ago, my wife (at the time) and I, and a family of four whom we had just met in an airport, ended up in a VW Micro Bus taxi, traveling across Mexico from Guadalajara to Manzanillo. Trust me, there are no highways!

Mid-way…[Read more]

Looks like a great show! Some very nice cars. British cars have always been my favorite. Looks like super weather, too. Thanks for sharing.

Roy
Have you got a picture of a metric adjustable wrench, living in Canada that adopted the metric system of measurement over 30 years ago, I have yet to source a metric adjustable wrench. Also the farmers in your part of the country must have some pretty tough cattle to be using iron baling wire. Up here they still use sisal or poly string/nets…[Read more]

If I recall correctly, John Muir’s Book has a section  which covers an “A” kit (for local driving) and a “B” kit (for trips.) The “A” kit has fan belt, points, plugs, condenser, rotor, cap, one coil wire,the longest spark plug wire and a couple of spare bulbs all stored in a shoe box. The “B” kit had the “A” kit plus a few other parts (…[Read more]

Depending on how cock sure, or paranoid, or….whatever you are, you may add to or delete from my list of ready spares always aboard my TDr (I run an electronic Pertronix on MiGI):

Fully ready to be installed distributor with points (set), rotor and cap

Voltage regulator

Condenser

Spare ignition wire

4 spark plugs

20+/- feet of hook up wire…[Read more]

It was (or at least it should have been) almost as quick and simple as Jack’s telling of putting my spare distributor in his TDr, and everything being just ducky.  But alas, a few years ago, in our designated Carlisle  hotel parking lot, Schu was having trouble getting spark.  I offered that I had a spare distributor, ready to install.  Schu, t…[Read more]

It was (or at least it should have been) almost as quick and simple as Jack’s telling of putting my spare distributor in his TDr, and everything being just ducky.  But alas, a few years ago, in our designated Carlisle  hotel parking lot, Schu was having trouble getting spark.  I offered that I had a complete spare distributor, ready to instal…[Read more]

I once needed a coil. Borrowed it from a fellow VW person. And my voltage regulator (in)famously failed on the way out to Pittsburgh a few years back, but the P.O. had thoughtfully stowed a good one under the passenger seat, so no problemo.

Glad you sorted it out Jack!

Keeping a spare distributor in the car might be overkill. But I definitely recommend anyone with an “in distributor” electronic ignition module to carry points, condenser and rotor.

Swapping those parts in takes just a few minutes on the side of the road. Set the gap and you’re back on the road. If you have to swap…[Read more]

Welcome to Richard and Christine! Happy you’ve joined our group. Nice to see new members from our neighbors up north.        I’m sure you’ll like it here. A truly great bunch of folks. If you have any questions or concerns about your car, this is the place to find the answers.There are some really talented members who have just about all the an…[Read more]