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My brother bought a 1974 VW Westfallia Camper back in 1976. After 44 years and many engine rebuilds that he can do himself, he does not remember how many times the speedometer has turned over so it might be 300,000+ or 400,000 miles+. He recently was driving it, and it was missing on one cylinder when cornering. He got home, and started looking. The power wire from the coil was loose. He started checking it, and found a repair he had done while camping. The fuse for that wire was "fixed" with a piece of aluminum gum wrapper and a Band-Aid. By the time he got home from that trip he forgot the repair. After many long years, it was having issues. So he fixed it properly with a new fuse holder and fuse. So a piece of gum wrapper repair does have about a 10 year life as a repair.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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