Thread: Man fixes Land Rover with a potato.

Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

That beats my story of setting the points on an old Ford Escort, with a piece of cardboard I tore off a biscuit box, that I had in my bag of shopping while walking home one day when I was young, ermm younger than I am now. I came across a couple of guys whose car had stopped beside the road and wouldn't start, I diagnosed that the points had slipped, but without a feeler gauge couldn't reset them, so used the thin cardboard to do so. They were really grateful and would thereafter often give me a lift to the shops and back whenever they would see me.

LUCAS L19?

I'm not sure which dizzy it was, all I remember is, it was a MK1 Escort chocolate brown 2 door, I suspect the points slipped due to rough roads, we lived in an agricultural small holding area, sort of small farms, with dirt roads. I think the worst dizzy set up was the Mini's with the distributor down low on the front of the motor, in all the road debris and spray in wet weather. I knew a family who loved them, but often had trouble.

The smooth part of a hacksaw blade for grey motor points.