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[Niel Hoback]

I ain't sure, but I thought it was tungsten. I always thought too, that the "ventilated points" thing was just an excuse to use less metal.

[Niel Hoback]

I forgot to mention that you shouldn't use sandpaper or emery cloth to dress your points as it leaves small particles in the metal and makes them burn. Always use a file. One whose geneology is known.

[Rodney Bullock]

Hey Niel, It does make them burn I have it in the palm of my hand:mad: I to thought that these point(modern era) can't be filed, you would have to be very very gentle:cool:

[Rodney Bullock]

Hey Rodney, if you need a good laugh, go to the nearest NAPA, find the youngest looking counter person there and tell them you need to buy a points file. They do have them on one of those irritating cardboard and blast proof plastic packages for about a buck fifty. But tell them you on a scavenger hunt and don't know much about them other than it is some kind of tool.

I will go tomorrow, what about that scrrw driver with the funny high pullutin end on it:rolleyes:

[Normspeed]

Rodney, I think they call them screw starters. NAPA probably has them. Mine is old enough were I can't read the numbers on the plastic handle. Here's a link to the K-D version.

http://www.mytoolstore.com/kd/kdspec07.html

[Don Coatney]

Ok, you started me. My first job as a kid was at a hardware and mill supply company. Early on a n elderly woman came in whose husband was the maintenance guy for an apartment house. Picture a me, first job, and the woman says, "I need a 6 inch flat bastard".

One of the other guys told me she wanted a file. There was much laughter after she had gone, but it taught me to be ready for anything.

Geez, that was 50 years ago and still remember it vividly.

Interesting Neil;

My first job was at the neighborhood Hardware store. I was about 11-12 years old. Worked for fifty cents per hour. Saved up enough to buy my first shotgun and I still have it. That has also been about fifty years ago.

One day a nice lady came in to the hardware store and wanted some mulch. We had a bulk pile outside the store. So I went out to shovel it into her bushel baskets for her. She was wearing a nice summer wrap around dress. While she was loading the mulch into the trunk of her Caddy she had a wardrobe failure and it became very obvious that she was wearing absoutely nothing (down there) under the summer wrap around dress. This happened fifty years ago and I remember it like it was yesterday:D

I forgot to mention that you shouldn't use sandpaper or emery cloth to dress your points as it leaves small particles in the metal and makes them burn. Always use a file. One whose geneology is known.

Exactly how does one know the geneology of a file????

[Don Coatney]

Hey Niel, It does make them burn I have it in the palm of my hand:mad: I to thought that these point(modern era) can't be filed, you would have to be very very gentle:cool:

Rodney;

You should have at least two petcocks on all of your old cars.

[Rodney Bullock]

I do have two, one on each car, I just like seeing you write it out in print. It's like when I used to make my uncle say his favorite book out load at sunday school:D You know the one... the book that stars that big fish:rolleyes:

[Don Coatney]

Speaking of sunday school follow this link.

http://www.pkministrywebs1.com/swanvideo/zipper-1.wmv

[Jerry Roberts]

More point filing info ; This was taken from Motor Auto Engines and Electrical Systems printed in 1976 " Prestolite is strongly against filing their contact points because the cuttingsurface of the file produces high spots on the contact surfaces , which means concentration of current and heat in extremely small areas . Delco-Remy recommends that points that are blackened or slightly burned or pitted should be cleaned with a special point dressing stone or a clean point file . In dressing the points , remove the high spots only as it is not necessary to remove all traces of build-up or pit . "