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Re: Distributor Question

To: genehart@att.net, "triumphs@autox.team.net"
Subject: Re: Distributor Question
From: John Mitchell <jmitch@snet.net>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 22:18:58 -0400
Thanks Gene, I'll pull the Valve cover this weekend and Check where TDC 
is on #1.  If its a Damper problem, this will show it.  Ohterwise, Ill 
pull the Distributor.  It does seem oriented correctly, and the car runs 
great and starts very easily.  I noticed a leak in the valve cover 
today, so I get a chance to try Justin Wagners valve cover gasket.  
Thanks so much for the help.   John

genehart@att.net wrote:

>John,
>
>Sounds like your having the same problem I had. Check the archives reply (just 
>last week) from Bob Lang on the Dizzy adjustment question from Gene Hart. If 
>your dizzy is not pointing about vertical to the engine (IE: Vacume pointing 
>twords driver (+ or - 20 Deg), and the tach housing pointing twords the master 
>brake cylinder, then you have the drive gear off a couple of teeth.  You 
>cannot install the dizzy backwards, it's keyed. Or so I'm told.
>
>To start you must set the #1 cylinder to TDC on compression stroke, then make 
>sure the drive dog in the dizzy housing is at about 7PM (the thing that 
>connects to the helical gear, oil pump and cam) slide the dizzy back in and 
>make sure it seats into the groove, fiddle it about. Then keeping it a bit 
>loose, start the bad boy up. rotate the dizzy to dial in a good idle. Then get 
>out the timing light to zero it in.
>
>The reply from Bob Lang was spot on. And for about 10 minutes the car ran 
>fine, unfortunately for me the float valve got stuck in the closed poison on 
>the front carb, fuel went everywhere it was not pretty. So I can't start the 
>thing back up until i fix that issue.(remove, clean, blow it out, reset). And 
>a thanks to all who replied to my fuel problem. 
>
>
>--
>Gene Hart 
>genehart@att.net 
>1973 TR6 CF10918 U 
>(c)(201)981-3327 
>________________________ 
>Warren Buffett says the rear view 
>mirror is always clearer than the 
>windshield. 
>
>
>
>-------------- Original message from John Mitchell : -------------- 
>
>  
>
>>Hi Folks, This is gonna sound strange, but Ive had my TR6 2 years and 
>>today I put a timing light on it for the first time. It's running fine, 
>>other than a slight buck at constant speed cruise(like 40). I decided 
>>it was time for a Carb rebuild, but thought that I would get the 
>>ignition set up perfectly before messing with the carbs. I made a chalk 
>>mark at 12 BTDC and unplugged the vacuum retard and plugged it. With 
>>the timing light on #1 the mark is 2" or 3" past the pointer. I had to 
>>turn the distributor CCW to get it anywhere near the mark at which point 
>>it was running very rough and back firing. I moved it back to where it 
>>was and bolted down for now. The vacuum unit is pointed at the drivers 
>>side door(like 1 o'clock if 12 is the rear of the engine. Number 1 plug 
>>wire terminal on the cap is toward the front of the engine. Im just 
>>wondering if this means the Distributor is 180 degress off. I guess I 
>>can always time by trial and error and listen for ping, but I'd kinda 
>>like to set things right before changing the carbs and adding a whole 
>>new set of variables. I sure this will be an easy one for you guys. 
>>Thanks in advance 
>>John Mitchell 76TR6 

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