The Tune Up
Puzzler time.
Years ago, I received a call from a customer who said he needed a tune up. And he asked if he could come in right away. He was a long-time customer. Even though I've worked on his several of his cars over the years, I had never worked on this vehicle before. And I said, "Gee, I don't know if I will know how."
He was bringing in something that he had never brought in before. And I was trying to get out of it. I said, "I've never done one of these before though..."
And he said, "That's all right. An engine is an engine, isn't it?"
And I said, "Well, I guess so. But it probably won't fit through the door."
And he said, "That's okay. I will park in the street and you can work on it out there."
So, I agreed. About an hour later, he shows up. And I asked him if he had all the tune up parts with him because I wouldn't know what to get. And he said he has everything. He had a whole bag full of stuff for me to use.
So we go outside and there it is out in the street. So, I dive right in. I open up the bag with all the tune up parts and I dump out eight spark plugs and a distributor cap and rotor and spark plug wires and a set of points. And also a condenser. And I said, "Wow that's strange. How old is this thing?" And he tells me it is only about 4 years old at that time.
And I said, "Really?? I didn't think anyone used conventional ignition. I thought everybody used electronic ignition nowadays."
And he said, "I don't think you'd want electronic ignition in this thing if you didn't have to."
And I said, "Oh, gee, I guess you're right."
And the question is, what is it that he brought in and asked me to tune up?
Good luck everyone.
