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Dan S. MacAbre wrote:
My sister had one go on her dreadful Meriva while we were all out
somewhere. Then it would run for a few miles and then we'd have to let
it cool down all over again. I'm guessing it was a potted thing that
started to crack with heat and age.

A far cry from my old Tiger Cub where you would just turn the
distributor until it sounded happy, then nip it up. :-)

And, of course, reset or replace the points regularly. ;-)

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