Jim --
When I bought my car, I had a very irritating
"sputter" at 3000 rpm which I was able to trace to too
much wobble in the distributor shaft. The problem
strangely only occurred at 3000 rpm.
Temporary fix was to swap the points with a Pertronix
I had (more tolerant of dizzy wear since there is no
mechanical contact to trigger spark), but long term
solution was to have my distributor rebuilt by Bob
Sarama in Ohio.
Bob did a fanatastic job and should write a book on
what customer service is all about. Let me know if
you'd like his email.
William
'74 TR6
--- Gary Fluke <res0s0t7@verizon.net> wrote:
> Jim,
>
> I had an intermittent miss with my 6 which seemed to
> be caused by a slight
> shift of a loose rotor on the distributor shaft.
> After replacing the rotor
> it went away. Was the car missing at the time you
> checked your timing? My
> car's symptoms would have made it difficult to
> answer that question, just
> because the problem would come and go so
> sporadically.
>
>
> Gary
> '73
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Davis" <jamdav@woodward.com>
> To: "6 Pack List (E-mail)" <6pack@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 11:43 AM
> Subject: RE: Valve adjustment
>
>
> > Jay,
> >
> > I had the carbs rebuilt by Apple Hydraulics in
> March. The car was running
> > fine one day and "sputtering" the next.
> > I have checked timing, point gap, changed
> condenser, rebalanced and set
> idle
> > speed etc. . .
> > I am concerned because it is running rich and I
> can't lean out the carbs
> to
> > the point where the spark plugs aren't covered
> with soot. When I do set it
> > leaner the car runs even worse.
> >
> > Maybe it's time for another set of eyes to look at
> things. . .
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > Hi Jim,
> >
> > I've always checked valve clearances when cold.
> >
> > Have you closely checked the diaphragmswith a
> light source?
> >
> >
> > Jay Welch
> > Abington, MA
> > 1971 TR6 Project
> > 1973 Driver with "potential"
> > Member Cape Cod British Car Club CCBCC
> http://www.capecodbritishcarclub.org/
> >
> > --- Jim Davis <jamdav@woodward.com> wrote:
> >
> > Listers,
> > This has probably been beaten to death before, but
> do you adjust the
> valves
> > when the engine is hot or cold? I have seen it
> stated both ways in
> various
> > manuals.
> >
> > Another question I have regards the carburetor
> temp compensators, is there
> a
> > quick on engine check that can be performed? None
> of the publications I
> > have read even begin to touch on the subject.
> >
> > And yes, I am chasing some sort of engine
> sputtering demon that occurs at
> > ~3000rpm.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jim Davis
> > 1974 TR6
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