will i ever, ever learn??
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Racer
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From: milwaukee wi
will i ever, ever learn??
every couple of years i have to pop the distributor for whatever reason.
did it last week to make sure of the timing curve etc. put it back, i thought correctly, exactly in the same position. the d**m thing will not fire, no matter what. i rotate the distributor to change the timing from way advance to way retard. no fire. i spray starting fluid; no fire. i scratch my head; i curse; i pray, but no fire. just when i am at my wits' end, i see, among the tools lying on the blanket protecting my fender, the - rotor!! doh! will i never learn? probably the fourth or fifth time i have done this over the years.
did it last week to make sure of the timing curve etc. put it back, i thought correctly, exactly in the same position. the d**m thing will not fire, no matter what. i rotate the distributor to change the timing from way advance to way retard. no fire. i spray starting fluid; no fire. i scratch my head; i curse; i pray, but no fire. just when i am at my wits' end, i see, among the tools lying on the blanket protecting my fender, the - rotor!! doh! will i never learn? probably the fourth or fifth time i have done this over the years.
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Werner:
Welcome to my world. Last week I was working with the HEI distributor on my car. Trying to get the base timing set correctly. After removal and replacement of the distributor and cap about the fourth time I grab the timing light again to see where it is reading for advance. NO SIGNAL ! ! ! NO BLINKING LIGHT ! ! ! WTF? ? ? ?
Oh yeah dumbazz, you have to plug the POWER back in before you get spark and a signal down the spark plug wire.
NONE of us will ever learn.
Rich
Welcome to my world. Last week I was working with the HEI distributor on my car. Trying to get the base timing set correctly. After removal and replacement of the distributor and cap about the fourth time I grab the timing light again to see where it is reading for advance. NO SIGNAL ! ! ! NO BLINKING LIGHT ! ! ! WTF? ? ? ?
Oh yeah dumbazz, you have to plug the POWER back in before you get spark and a signal down the spark plug wire.
NONE of us will ever learn.
Rich
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Werner:
Welcome to my world. Last week I was working with the HEI distributor on my car. Trying to get the base timing set correctly. After removal and replacement of the distributor and cap about the fourth time I grab the timing light again to see where it is reading for advance. NO SIGNAL ! ! ! NO BLINKING LIGHT ! ! ! WTF? ? ? ?
Oh yeah dumbazz, you have to plug the POWER back in before you get spark and a signal down the spark plug wire.
NONE of us will ever learn.
Rich
Welcome to my world. Last week I was working with the HEI distributor on my car. Trying to get the base timing set correctly. After removal and replacement of the distributor and cap about the fourth time I grab the timing light again to see where it is reading for advance. NO SIGNAL ! ! ! NO BLINKING LIGHT ! ! ! WTF? ? ? ?
Oh yeah dumbazz, you have to plug the POWER back in before you get spark and a signal down the spark plug wire.
NONE of us will ever learn.
Rich
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From: Holly Springs, Nort Cackalacky / Jupiter, Florida
You ever get something, like a part or tool, that you deem important enough so that you put it in a 'special' place, so you'll remember when it's time to use it?
And dang if you don't forget where that 'special' place was when that time comes?
I personally have never done this,
but thought some of you other old fharts might have and could relate...... 
And dang if you don't forget where that 'special' place was when that time comes?
I personally have never done this,
but thought some of you other old fharts might have and could relate......
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You ever get something, like a part or tool, that you deem important enough so that you put it in a 'special' place, so you'll remember when it's time to use it?
And dang if you don't forget where that 'special' place was when that time comes?
I personally have never done this, but thought some of you other old fharts might have and could relate......
And dang if you don't forget where that 'special' place was when that time comes?
I personally have never done this,
but thought some of you other old fharts might have and could relate...... 
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We all have probably experienced the frustration of going into another room to get something and then forgeting what it was we came after. My older neighbor related a frightening experience to me that I hope to never experience. He went into 'that' room looking for a specific item and hadn't forgotten what he was after...he just couldn't remember what it looked like!
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Golfer's eyes are failing and he can no longer see where his ball goes on long drives. After a few miserable days his wife says, "Take Uncle Bob to the course with you; he is 90 years old but has eyes like an eagle! He can see exactly where your golf ball lands no matter how far".
After thinking about it a while the golfer takes Uncle Bob to the course the next weekend and nails a drive so many yards out he can't even begin to see where it landed.
He asks Uncle Bob, "Hey Bob, did you see where that one went?". Bob says, "Yup!, Sure did."
Golfer says, "Well, where did it go?". Uncle Bob says, "I can't remember."
After thinking about it a while the golfer takes Uncle Bob to the course the next weekend and nails a drive so many yards out he can't even begin to see where it landed.
He asks Uncle Bob, "Hey Bob, did you see where that one went?". Bob says, "Yup!, Sure did."
Golfer says, "Well, where did it go?". Uncle Bob says, "I can't remember."
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just like squirrels!
Now you know how squirrels feel-spend all day burying those nuts so they'll always have food and then they have absolutely no idea where they are when it's time to eat. If only they could talk, I'm sure, like us, you'd hear "where the @$?!&* did I bury those nuts" spewing out of those little mouths! 
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I verify that I put the oil pan drain plug back in two or three times BEFORE I start adding oil, yet I still look under the car after I add the first quart. I CAN remember quite well why I do this!
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