Re: TR6 started running poorly

[tr6taylor@webtv.net (Sally or Dick Taylor)]

JamesThis could be one of those 'chicken or egg' debates, so far as
whether the (broken) diaphragm caused your "pop" or the pop broke the
diaphragm. My experience is that the pressure in the manifold is great
enough when subjected to backfiring to blow the diaphragm. I even had
the damper cap blow out of a carb during one extended episode.  The fix
in this particular case was new points...

Dick T.