Jay, if my memory serves me right the third blade is actually a thick metal
blade used to protect and help close the valve adjusting blades...however if
it is .024 to .028 in thickness than it could be used to gap plugs as stated
by Robert about the tool kit his dad gave him from the IV. When Kurt gets
the car and tool kit ask him to check it for you. I will send Robert Baily
the picture I took of the tool kit and anybody else who gets in on this
-----Original Message-----
From: Jay Laifman <Jay_Laifman(at)countrywide.com>
To: Robert Bailey <RBailey(at)doa.state.la.us>
Cc: alpines(at)triumph.cs.utah.edu <alpines(at)triumph.cs.utah.edu>
Date: Thursday, January 14, 1999 2:19 PM
Subject: RE: Tool kits
>Robert wrote:
>
>>My father gave me the tool kit from his Sr IV when I bought my Sr V in
>'86.
>>His IV came to a bad end and he no longer had a use for it. It has a
>three
>>blade feeler gauge. It is key shaped and has "LUCAS" stamped into it.
>Dad
>>said that it came with the kit. If memory serves me, two of the blades
>are
>>for rocker arms and one for the spark plugs.
>
>There are two things here you have mentioned. First there is the LUCAS
>distributor tool. It is in the shape of a key and has a feeler guage
>rivited on to it. I believe the point of the key is a screwdriver blade
>for twisting and adjusting the point gap in the distributor. Then there is
>a separate tool in the shape of a rectangle with two or three gap blades on
>it. (Bob has written that it has two blades, but his picture shows three.
>Is the third simply a thicker metal piece of the same size as the blades to
>protect the blades when they are pressed together?). The blades slide
>together and into a rectangular holder made of steel.
>
>As an aside, I do not understand the distributor tool completely. Next to
>"LUCAS" it has two gap sizes stamped. Yet the key I have received only has
>one feeler guage on it. Was there one on the back at one time?
>
>Jay
>
>
>
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