[Scufty]

Originally Posted by Argess

There's probably already a thread on this, but I couldn't find one, so thought I'd start one.

Happened to me only once. I was returning from a little "outing" and about 3/4 of a mile from home, I decided to give it a last "acceleration" shot. Just as I was about to shift to 3rd, sudden silence. Drive pin in distributor drive gear sheared. I managed to coast it onto a side-road, walk home, return with tools, pull the dist, walk back home, repair the dist, walk back to the car, re-install the dist, and drive home.

There were other "worriesome" moments where the starter would spin, but not engage, so no cranking. Intermittent enough I always got it started though. Turned out to be a bad ground in the starter for the throw-out coil.

One concern I have, is getting a flat tire. I don't carry a spare. A space-saver could work on the front, but it wouldn't do the limited slip much good as a rear replacement. Besides, not sure they even make a pin drive rim for a space-saver tire.

So.....if you have any stories or concerns about break-downs and being stranded, I'd like to hear them.

Thank-you.

Funniest thing is that's exactly what left me stranded ..I look at my gear all the time now Live and learn