Stan listened, stammered a reply, and hung up. Taking along a set of points, a condenser, and a dwell meter, Stan returned to the Tannenbaum house. The big car stood a few feet from where he had left it. Leaning on a fender, his pencil flying, was the professor. Your daughter says you tried to start on your trip again but the car quit after a few feet.
Fuel makes heat only.
He poked at the sheet of figures. Gas promptly gushed forth. Reconnecting the line, he turned to the distributor and removed the points. They were badly pitted. He installed new ones and the new condenser, then set the points with the meter.