In 1987 i briefly owned a Formula Ford 1600.At a MAllory test day the car developed a missfire.Diagnosing the problem as the points i replaced them.Unfortunately my Pit Bitch had took all the plug leads out of the cap and not noticed the firing order or where more importantly the posistion of no1 plug was.
A bollocking later out comes no1 plug and in goes a round file to see where TDC was.Engine turns over up comes file to the top of the stroke.Bingo, order sorted.Remove file Press starter button engine fires and the sound of the end of the file which had snapped of in the cylinder could be heard echoing all around Mallory
The piston resides in my fathers garage as a constant reminder.
03-Mar-2006, 19:51 
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