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 Just when I said, WOW my mini is running great

 Created by: 6464s
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Aug 15, 2022 12:29PM Dan Moffet  
Aug 15, 2022 08:33AM 6464s  
Aug 15, 2022 03:17AM 6464s Edited: Aug 15, 2022 03:19AM 
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 Posted: Aug 15, 2022 12:29PM
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Originally Posted by 6464s
 I'm tooling down the road in happy bliss and said to myself "wow, this mini is running great".
Thoughts like that invoke the wrath of Lucas, Prince of Darkness.
Reminds me of the time I was with my Dad as he drove down a recently abandoned railway bed ('38 Dodge if you want to know). It was narrow with nowhere to turn. I made the mistake of asking "Dad, what if we get a flat tire?" No sooner than the words were out of my mouth..... the telltale hiss of a tire giving up its life-breath. we had a spare!

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"Hang on a minute lads....I've got a great idea."

 Posted: Aug 15, 2022 08:33AM
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Found the culprit. My fault, a bad crimp to an important part that runs the engine. I'll look later to see where it leads. I now have a good crimper.

 Posted: Aug 15, 2022 03:17AM
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In the early afternoon, I'm driving to help a friend install a screen door. The roads were clear and beautiful clear skies. I'm tooling down the road in happy bliss and said to myself "wow, this mini is running great". Get to the house, work all day to do the screen door and frame. After clean up and some dinner, I head home. It's now dark, pitch black. I'm more than half way home and the mini starts to sputter or misfire just as I approach a traffic light. Light turns red and stalls. I'm first in line. Couldn't get it started and traffic has now built up behind me. I'm praying that no one  smacks into me from behind. A guy helps me push to safety. I get it started and it dies further down the road. I was able to get it restarted and I was able to drive the rest of way home without incident.

Now today, I will look for the cause other than my joyous thought.