| Re: drivers speeding away
On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:49:45 GMT, "nash" <zwepytzkehillc9@jetable.net>
wrote:
>My Dad was a mechanic and he said the ignition would wear out. Came from
>the same old wives tale that turning the TV on and off wears it out or uses
>more power than watching it for hours. And the PC come to think of it.
>Both TV and PC monitor probably use about 5 light bulbs of energy to run. I
>wonder what it is with LCD and HDTV, everything being energy star compliant
>these days.
Ignitions before the 1990s or so did wear out. Anyone that learned to
tap the starter to jog the brushes to a better position because they
were worn knows this. No old wives tale about it - restoring old cars
leaves you with lots of experience with the procedure. Still have the
jimmy bar I used leaning against the garage wall. The Saabs and Volvos
are long gone...
Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...
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