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My best roadside mcgyverism, was on a 75 BMW 2002. Going to work one morning, it just suddenly died on the cloverleaf ramp bridge from the Garden State Parkway onto Rt. 17 in Paramus NJ. Not a good place for a dead car, but at least there was a shoulder. Popped the hood and checked the carb...plenty of fuel. Checked spark at the points & coil...good spark. Then I noticed that the rubbing block on the points was missing. Okay then, what to do? I got back in the car to see if there was something I could rig for a rubbing block. Hmm...a Tic-Tac container with a little plastic flap on the lid. I ripped it off, wedged it into the point arm and backed off on the gap. It fired right up and took me the 10 minutes to work. Had a coworker drive me to a parts store at lunch, I bought a new set and put them in, in the parking lot at work. All this done in a shirt, tie, and suit, mind you.
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Dave
1969 911T Coupe
1972 911E Targa
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