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Old 05-05-2017, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by steve25 View Post
You make a great point that I failed to make, that being that in all the many years I was running points I have never been been broken down off the side of the road!
The motor may have been running very poorly , but I always made it home, or to somewhere to get new points and stuff them in in all of 5 minutes, as opposed to having to get towed 3 times with electronic / semiconductor failure from modern systems.
Steve, I know you (accidentally) posted this twice, but it bears repeating - and I sincerely appreciate you acknowledging my point... punn intended.

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