:Jerry: wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Rose tinted specs, I'm afraid. The chances of a Minor breaking
down
are much greater than a modern car. Only thing is it may be
easier to
fix. However, most would replace the points with an electronic
system
- to prevent the thing going constantly off tune. It's easy to
'convert' back to points if you feel the need to carry spares.


The thing is you simply carried a screwdriver and a set of feeler
gauges
with you in the glove box..and a spare set of points usually. Less
than
3 minutes at the roadside usually.

Still have in the A35 as well as a Krooklok to clout the starting motor
into motion!

On my P6 3500 which was the last car I had with points, it was a
once a
week job setting the dwell angle if you wanted to keep it at peak
performance. Fitted a Luminition kit and gave myself some more time
for
the Sunday papers...


If so you must have had a fault in the distributor or poorly
manufactured points (most likely) or no lubrication on the heel-to-cam
contact area, when I had my P6 3500 the points rarely went out of
adjustment, nor do I remember there being too many problems with cars
being returned after servicing - unlike some cars - when the cars were
(almost) current models.