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Hi gang,
The bridge tour and wine taste tour went well aside from a small bit of trouble with
Keith's MGA and Scott's Lotus. We left Corvallis about 15 minutes late as Scott had to trade
his Lotus off for his MG Midget as the Lotus developed a coolant leak. We were off at last
down 99W to Monroe where we took Territorial Road south through Elmira and on to King Estate
Winery for a short stop and a taste of their wine. We did have to stop several times as the
MGA would just die. The problem turned out to be closed points from lack of a tiny bit of
distributor grease. We opened the points and were off again, but the damage was done and we
had to make several stops to play with the points. Finally we tried a new set that seemed to
fix the problem, but working on the road on a hot engine made it difficult and in the process
a small washer was lost. It was needed to properly secure the points and later gave trouble as
the points slipped and opened too far and caused another delay, but that was the last one. The
country was beautiful, the sun was shinning and the bridges were cool and we finished with
lunch at a small restaurant in downtown Cottage Grove.
Jim Pott
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