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Subject:Re: Odd Intermittent Source
From:Stuart MacMillan
Date:Thu, 20 Jul 2000 10:01:20 -0700

No, blame old spark plug wires!

The Gunnings wrote:
>
> While trying to trace the source of an intermittent cutting-off of my 85
> 1.9 waterboxer, I have come across an unusual source for this problem.

 Because of the horizontal forward facing
> position of the coil, every time I slammed the rear hatch (bottom of the
> ketchup bottle, so to speak)  the coil wire was being slowly nudged forward
> with co-operation from the silent action of Newton's Third Law.    Should I
> blame Newton for this?  David

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Stuart MacMillan
Seattle

'84 Vanagon Westfalia
'65 MGB (Driven since 1969)
'74 MGB GT (Restoring)

Assisting on Restoration:
'72 MGB GT (Daughter's)
'64 MGB (Son's)

Parts cars:
'68 & '73 MGB, '67 MGB GT