Re: An old 5000s loses its teeth (some moody humour)

[Robert Houk - WorkGroup Server Firmware <Robert.Houk@East.Sun.COM>]

   So yesterday he phoned me up in a totally terrified voice (I was in my car, mind
   you, striving to get home asap, totally exhausted after a brutal filling of the
   two lower jaw molars, barely able to move my tongue after a triple dose of
   anaesthesia AND rather drunk coz for a number of years I don't dare to set a
   foot to a dentist without knocking myself out with a couple of Martinis
   beforehand).

I sincerely hope I've misinterpreted something here -- I hope it was some-
one *ELSE* driving you, and not you driving under anaestheisia AND Martinis
!!

   [...]
   I want to ask a question on behalf of this hapless friend of mine: was anyone
   successfull in driving a car with a couple of flywheel teeth missing?
   He lost only two, and they are four teeth apart.

   What is his chance of a reliable and safe start? He wants to get by on the
   damaged flywheel for the time being, up until the clutch finally gives up and he
   can justify the tranny removal.

Depends on the car; probably a bad idea at best. At least some Audis
derive ignition timing by counting flywheel teeth . . . (not to mention
the gross wear on starter motor/etc from re-engaging from missing teeth)

					-RDH