[T3] 1 month from yesterday!!!

[Bobsnotch at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/22/2012 1:15:16 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jadney at vwtype3.org writes:

That  plastic piece has a tab that should slip into a slot in the 
stationary  metal base. It's easy to slip the points together and not 
get that tab  inserted right, but getting that tab in there is 
essential. It will never  slip out once it's installed right.

I know you understand this, but  this is a good lesson for everyone. 
Sorry it turned your day  sour.

And, certainly, thanks to John for coming to your  rescue.




Yes, I did understand it. It's just that I had never seen that type of  
"failure" before. I mean, yes it failed to stay in place, but after  
re-positioning it, it worked fine for the 70 miles I drove home. 
 
Yes, it was a very good lesson for me, and it's been filed into my brain  
that "it can happen".
However, I don't really think I can call it a bad day. Yes, I didn't get  
where I was trying to go, but instead, Sue and I got to hang with John and 
Jill  (we were going to do that at the show anyway). We did some talking and  
discussing of the upcoming Invasion, John got to look at the different 
things  the early t-34's have, versus his later model, and got an up close look 
at how  Wolfie looks in person (versus the pics that had been posted). Plus I 
got  to check out his progress on the Sled. So it was a GOOD T-3 day. : ) 
Plus I got  to learn something about points that I didn't know. ;-)
 
Yes, I'm very happy John came to my rescue, as did Sue. Thanks again  John. 
I mean we saw 4 police cars (2 state troopers, and 2 Detroit city  police) 
just drive right on by, and not even offer to call a tow truck or  anything. 
:O On top of that, someone else's car stopped almost exactly where we  
originally did, but he couldn't move out of his lane, so he was partly blocking  
traffic. I'd guess he was sitting in that spot for about a half hour, 
before  John came to our rescue. Before that, I watched 2 guys change a tire on  
the I-75 ramp to I-94. It was really a bad spot for cars, and with  
construction dropping 3 lanes to 1, really made traffic back up pretty good.  

Bob 65 Notch  S with sunroof and IRS (Krusty)
64 T-34 Ghia  (Wolfie)
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