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Posted By Discussion Topic: Afraid to Press Starter Button -- page: 1 2 3 4     Norm 09-16-2011 @ 6:02 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 85 Joined: Oct 2009 As I tell my friends - "Don't get old! It's hard on your body!" And I'm only a septuagenarian. That means 17, right? Norm supereal 09-15-2011 @ 9:46 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 6819 Joined: Oct 2009 Amen, Brother Tom, amen! TomO 09-15-2011 @ 7:52 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 7263 Joined: Oct 2009 IMHO the medical profession invented the term "Golden Years" as that is where they get most of their money. Tom supereal 09-14-2011 @ 8:34 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 6819 Joined: Oct 2009 I'll tell that to my "kids". At the tender ages of 56, 53,and 52 they should be amused (or discouraged). Dolman 09-14-2011 @ 5:47 PM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 177 Joined: Dec 2010 Yep, at my age it's patch, patch, patch. Super,at your age it's do without. The "Golden Years" are between 25 and maybe 40. After 40, we are on the slippery slope where time passes by at an exponential rate. supereal 09-14-2011 @ 5:20 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 6819 Joined: Oct 2009 Dolman and Alan: whomever uttered the words "golden years" surely had never been there! It ain't gold, it is rust! supereal 09-14-2011 @ 5:17 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 6819 Joined: Oct 2009 The condenser operates just fine as long as the case is grounded, and the terminal is attached to the coil input. I carry a spare condenser in my road kit. It is in a plastic pill bottle with a pair of clip leads attached to it. It won't help if the condenser goes short, but it will get you home if it goes open and mimics a fuel problem. It is cheap to make,as well. I know that many old car owners don't quite trust their cars to get back home. This spare condenser should help you have more confidence, and have fun with your car. Dolman 09-14-2011 @ 4:52 PM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 177 Joined: Dec 2010 Thanks, Henry. The condenser is anchored down tight now and it's never coming off again! My aggravation was getting the hole in the condenser positive lead lined up with the bolt hole. I unscr*w*d the negative end to turn it, shove it and cuss at it. I finally got a little bit smart, cinched up the barrel of the condenser and twisted the lead until it was flat against the mounting flange. Then uscr*w*d the positive end, stuck a bolt in the lead and wiggled it around until I got the bolt to catch the threads in the timing cover. Then anchored the barrel again. Now that was lot of changing sides and opening and closing what I call the flaps. There is probably a clothes pin to keep both sides open at the same time. If not, I am going to invent one. I have a nearly complete shop that I have been advised by my friends to not use because I shouldn't be around anything sharp, pointed hot, heavy, rotating, sliding, hinged, electrical or floating. They also said something about women but I didn't hear them clearly. So in the meantime I have 3 gallons of seawater to demonstrate its electrolite properties. So far I am generating 800 millivolts in a single cell pint fruit jar using a flattened piece of copper pipe and 3 zinc galvanized nails. (By the way seawater has a specific density greater than unpolluted fresh water.) If I connect 8 of those cells in series, I will have a spare 6.4 volt battery that I think will weigh less than a lead acid battery and improve my fuel economy. The cranking amps will be around 1, so that gives me another challenge in achieving an alternative energy source that I can patent and cause Al Gore to dance an Irish jig. If your thinking Rube Goldberg is in my family tree, you're correct. What were we talking about in my original post? Henryat1140 09-14-2011 @ 3:23 PM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 110 Joined: Nov 2009 Sorry for the duplicate post. Henryat1140 09-14-2011 @ 3:21 PM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 110 Joined: Nov 2009 We've just had the experience of replacing a coil on the side of the road. The condenser ground tang mounts on the upper right distributor bolt on our 36. If this is the item you mentioned as giving you fits, then we have discovered a good improvement to that. We use a 1/2" Flex head, stubby, ratcheting wrench. It can get to that bolt like no other. We happened on to a good deal on wrenches by visiting the Fordbarn sister site Garage Journal. We hooked up with a guy who had several used but like new sets of ratcheting wrenches for sale at a good price. (Jeremy Theys) Just passing along the tip. Henry

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