Dick-- Of course, you are correct. The retard pot was the one that
remained.
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 the air stream on
the engine side of the butterfly or the air cleaner side (you answered this
once, but I forgot)?
Also, the article was before my time. Anyone have a copy that they would be
willing to scan for me?
TIA,
Peter
'68 TR250
on 9/17/02 2:55 PM, Sally or Dick Taylor at tr6taylor@webtv.net wrote:
> 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 was a complete four page article written in an earlier 6PACK
> Newsletter by an author whose name escapes me. He does go into a clear
> description on just what takes place between the Retard and Advance
> mechanisms on these earlier distributors, and amusingly details how they
> sometimes fight each other. Definitely worth a second look for those
> interested and have access to back issues of the Newsletters.
>
> Dick
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