[Tigers] Ground

[Ron Fraser]

Jeff
	The original vacuum tube to the distributor was a metal hard line
with brass fittings.  Those original style parts are available but may not
work with the different configurations of components we use toady.

	You should be able to go to your local part store and find a right
angle rubber nipple to put on your distributor and connect to the vacuum
line; this is what I have on my engine.

Ron Fraser

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From: tigers-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Jeff Holt
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 8:18 AM
To: tigers at autox.team.net
Subject: [Tigers] Ground


Thanks to the list - again!

When I wrote about going completely dark on starting, the recommendation was
overwhelmingly that I had a grounding problem. I thought how is that
possible, since I had bought a brand new grounding cable for the engine to
chassis connection, and the engine compartment has just been rewired. So I
opened the trunk, and the connection to the chassis from the battery was
very solid. Just to check the cable I reached down and shook it and to my
utter surprise the cable came straight out of the back of the lead terminal
clamp at the battery. Huge grin! No corrosion, it had just never been
crimped! Easy fix.

Now, the second problem was the rough engine running and I'd just had the
thing professionally tuned. I poked around the distributor and saw that the
little plastic vacuum tube for the advance was pinched. Right as it comes
out of the cap it hits the large lateral radiator hose and gets crimped. If
the radiator hose is hot, I imagine the clear plastic tube gets altogether
cut off. I tried as best as I could to push the radiator hose to accommodate
the tube and it seems to run much smoother. Unless a bad battery cable
ground was a possible cause of bad timing and backfire, I think this was the
timing issue.

Does anyone have a similar problem and is there a 90-degree connection piece
that could be fit onto the distributor cap so that the vacuum tube can come
off completely unrestrained by the radiator hose?

Thanks,

Jeff Holt
Huntsville, UT
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