At 08:58 PM 11/5/98 -0500, Bulley-Hewlett & Associates wrote:
>David,
>
>Oh, oh, oh, I've got it!!! You have a MOUNTAIN of keys on your key ring,
>don't you??? Well if you don't your Dreaded Previous Owner did.

When I worked as a sports car mech in the 1960's this was a common problem.
 We had a woman come in with an MGA that, according to her, ran fine for
her but not for her husband.  He found nothing wrong.  A week later the
husband comes in yelling that we don't know what we're doing.  You guessed
it.  He had 5 pounds of keys hanging off the switch and every time he went
around a corner the ignition shorted out.  His wife, with 2 keys on a ring,
had no problems. (And a while later a guy came in with the opposite story.
The engine was all carboned up, but we could find no reason.  A month later
his wife came in, and we discovered the reason for the carbon: she drove
with the choke out to have somewhere to hang her purse!)