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Re: [TR] TR3A Vacuum Advance Connection

To: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] TR3A Vacuum Advance Connection
From: "Eureka Saws Co, Inc." <ambritts@ptdprolog.net>
Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2006 15:11:26 -0400
you got it. front carb underneath. mine is copper tubing with a connector on
the end with a sleeve (compression fitting)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 02:29 PM
Subject: [TR] TR3A Vacuum Advance Connection


> Hello, everyone.
>
> As I looked to hook up the vacuum advance on my '59 TR3A, I find no place
to
> connect it to at the carburetor end.  The Moss diagram on page 25 of ther
> catalog shows a "union" that goes on the front carb underneath near the
bolt
> base.  This part number--371-100--is listed as NA.  My carb has a flat
bolt
> there with no connector.  Come to think of it, I did have a bag of parts
from
> when I picked the car up in the shed where it had been stored for 30
years,
> and there were some vacuum hoses loose there, but none attached when I
> dismantled the car.
>
> Is the vacuum advance is supposed to connect under the front carb?
>
> Uhm, but when I look at page 84 of the Moss catalog at the distributor
> diagram, I see two chjoices for vacuum line for the non-rubber vaccuum
advance
> model I have, and one of these shows a vacuum line adaptor, part number
> 378-240, which is available, but doesn't show where on the carbs that it
hooks
> up to.
>
> Help!  I'm operating in a vacuum!
>
> Terry Smith
> New Hampshire


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