23-12-2021, 07:08 PM
I avoid WD40 like the plague on ignition systems. I was told that it eventually becomes hygroscopic and together with dust this makes for perpetual problems...
I always think of a Swallow owner who had broken down beside the Ripon relief road on his way to Newby Hall about 10 or so years ago, before I had an Austin. Of course I stopped in the Pembleton to offer assistance, as did a pal with a 2CV who was passing in the other direction. The owner had some woodwork tools and a can of WD40 as his roadside repairs kit and was trying to spray the contact breaker screw back into the base plate with the trusty can of WD...
Yes, we got it going and he was delighted as it had "been running a bit rough all the way" from somewhere down South.
I always think of a Swallow owner who had broken down beside the Ripon relief road on his way to Newby Hall about 10 or so years ago, before I had an Austin. Of course I stopped in the Pembleton to offer assistance, as did a pal with a 2CV who was passing in the other direction. The owner had some woodwork tools and a can of WD40 as his roadside repairs kit and was trying to spray the contact breaker screw back into the base plate with the trusty can of WD...
Yes, we got it going and he was delighted as it had "been running a bit rough all the way" from somewhere down South.