tof

I must say I'm impressed that you guys changed out rotors. I didn't even know V-dubs and MGs came with Wankel engines.

dlq04

^^^

Morris

And I did mine by the side of a highway, and all through the tailpipe!

Emil St-Hilaire

???brake rotors,dummy...

Morris

Isn't that plastic cap-like thing that slides on top of the pole inside the distributor, isn't that the rotor? It rotates around and hits the metal that sends the spark to each plug. That's what was ,oh no, it wasn't. What was bad in my VW, I just now remembered, was a small metal thing about the size of a wine cork. It went inside the distributor, I think, and attached with one or two wires. Forget what it was called. Coil?

dlq04

Yes, it is the rotor inside the distributor - Mike was just being Mike. The other thing is the condenser.

boltonblue

9 months after my dad died I had my mothers car and worked overnight, temp -5F.
of course car wouldn't start. distributee cover had cracked int eh cold.
I don't miss points and rotors and condensers and inductors coils.
An awful lot to be said for electronic ignition. of course you can't fix it with your swiss army knife file but I'm ok with that.

Honda 367

I was raking leaves early this afternoon. I was using rake as well as leaf blower. I was done with about half of my back yard before I had to get something to eat. After lunch, I looked out and more leaves fell and it seemed as though the yard was never raked. Oh, well. I'll have to do it all over again tomorrow. My wife tells me to wait until all the leaves fall but I keep telling her I enjoy the exercise. Perhaps it is exercise in futility.

We sold our place so I am trying to do as much yard work as I can for the new owner. Where I am going next, I probably don't have to rake or mow as much. It is a new home and there are no mature trees, just some shrubs. My wife thinks it is better for me as we age. My son thinks it is good that I don't have to play with Stihl as he gets concerned every time I am out chopping for firewood.

MsPerky

We have been irritated by fruit flies in the kitchen trash and buzzing around elsewhere. Doing different things to get rid of them, like putting anything fruit or sweet related into a separate bag and throwing it out sooner than the regular one. And spraying disinfectant and cleaning. Anyhoo, I looked up home remedies in lieu of buying a trap. I tried one. It involves getting a jar and rolling up a piece of paper (I used printer paper) from a small end to a large one. Put some vinegar and a couple pieces of very ripe fruit into the bottom of the jar. Insert the paper small end down. The edges should reach out and fill up the opening. The idea is the flies go down through the small end into the jar and can't get out. I put the jar out yesterday afternoon and within maybe 20 minutes, a couple of flies were already in there. I was a bit shocked it worked so fast. They indeed did get trapped. I had it in the kitchen but then realized it should be away from the kitchen so they stop associating the kitchen with food. I put it on a table on the balcony. Was not sure they would travel out there, but they did. Probably have had at least five or six. Early this AM when I got up I checked it and did not see any new ones. But just now, I checked again and one is in there roaming around. I will take a pic of the jar when it gets a bit more light out. Kinda fun to have a little science experiment to keep me entertained.

robb

^^^Another good trick to do is put your fruit scraps in a bag and put it in the freezer until it is time to put the garbage out.