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1. Advice on Carbs (follow-up) (score: 1): Author: corey.sherman@rcn.com; Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 09:53:40 -0400; Thanks everyone for your assistance... one more thing, please. I tweaked the carbs for quite some time, but couldn't quite dial them in, so brought the car to 'ye old garage' (nothing like going to a; /html/6pack/2002-09/msg00332.html (8,783 bytes)
2. Re: Advice on Carbs (follow-up) (score: 1): Author: tr6taylor@webtv.net (Sally or Dick Taylor); Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 10:44:51 -0700 (PDT); Corey--Having a "missing" vacuum retard is not such a big thing. In fact, these engines wil run well with either or both of these disconnected, using only the centrifugal advance. Just be sure there; /html/6pack/2002-09/msg00335.html (8,295 bytes)
3. Re: Advice on Carbs (follow-up) (score: 1): Author: Peter Macholdt <vze2846b@verizon.net>; Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 14:17:08 -0400; Don't know what year car you have but on the TR250, the retard unit screws onto a shaft coming from the advance unit (after it passes through the dist housing). It does not screw into the dist housi; /html/6pack/2002-09/msg00336.html (10,081 bytes)
4. Re: Advice on Carbs (follow-up) (score: 1): Author: jay_welch@juno.com; Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 14:51:17 -0400; I wonder if Corey was referring to the thumbscrew on early distributors that allows you to tweak the timing in small increments? I'm not that familiar but I think that was the intention of that thumb; /html/6pack/2002-09/msg00338.html (7,850 bytes)
5. Re: Advice on Carbs (follow-up) (score: 1): Author: tr6taylor@webtv.net (Sally or Dick Taylor); Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 11:55:49 -0700 (PDT); Hi, Peter--I always thought the "knurled nut" was just a fine, timing adjustment. Note that on the later engines, it was the timing Advance pot that was eliminated, rather than the Retard unit. There; /html/6pack/2002-09/msg00339.html (8,250 bytes)
6. Re: Advice on Carbs (follow-up) (score: 1): Author: Peter Macholdt <vze2846b@verizon.net>; Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 15:15:37 -0400; Dick-- Of course, you are correct. The retard pot was the one that That leads me to a question. In order to get vacuum to the advance pot from a fitting on the carb, does the fitting need to tap into; /html/6pack/2002-09/msg00340.html (8,934 bytes)
7. Re: Advice on Carbs (follow-up) (score: 1): Author: "David J Stauffacher" <dstauffa@csc.com>; Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 12:23:48 -0700; I think you are right. My dizzy has that little micro adjustment nut that lets me fine tune the timing. The dizzy also has just one vacumn unit but it is not connected to anything (plugged off). My c; /html/6pack/2002-09/msg00341.html (8,261 bytes)
8. Re: Advice on Carbs (follow-up) (score: 1): Author: corey.sherman@rcn.com; Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 16:57:10 -0400; Now I'm confused, cause after looking at page 269 in TRF green book, the distributor reads that the "knurled nut" (previous refer to as nut and bolt) configuration was for P.I. models. Perhaps, it wo; /html/6pack/2002-09/msg00344.html (8,439 bytes)
9. Re: Advice on Carbs (follow-up) (score: 1): Author: tr6taylor@webtv.net (Sally or Dick Taylor); Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 15:58:58 -0700 (PDT); Corey--You either have the early model distributor with both pots, or the later one with the retard only. The "knurled nut" that you see on the P.I. model is this model's way of fine tuning the distr; /html/6pack/2002-09/msg00348.html (8,009 bytes)
10. RE: Advice on Carbs (follow-up) (score: 1): Author: "Dwayne Cooper" <dcooper@paciolan.com>; Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 17:18:42 -0700; A follow up question. To disable the vacuum retard, should you blg the retard on the distributor or leave it open. Does it matter and does it affect what and how you set the timing? Thanks, Dwayne Co; /html/6pack/2002-09/msg00355.html (10,525 bytes)
11. RE: Advice on Carbs (follow-up) (score: 1): Author: Hugh Fader <hfader@usa.net>; Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 20:39:13 -0400; You can just leave the passage on the distributor open. Make sure to plug the carbs though. As someone else said, set it up with the static timing. I think it's 10 deg BTDC. - Hugh Fader op/ViewProdu; /html/6pack/2002-09/msg00357.html (11,805 bytes)
12. Re: Advice on Carbs (follow-up) (score: 1): Author: Peter Macholdt <vze2846b@verizon.net>; Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 20:44:31 -0400; You only need to plug the vacuum leak created by removing the hose from the retard pot. It can be a cap over the source vacuum fitting or a plug in the hose. The retard pot does not need to be block; /html/6pack/2002-09/msg00358.html (11,336 bytes)
13. RE: Advice on Carbs (follow-up) (score: 1): Author: "Pappin,Ian" <ianp@nait.ab.ca>; Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 16:15:42 -0600; I plugged the distributor only to keep road dust/dirt and grime out of it. Ian A follow up question. To disable the vacuum retard, should you blg the retard on the distributor or leave it open. Does; /html/6pack/2002-09/msg00389.html (10,694 bytes)

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