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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