Thanks to everyone who responded to my firewall grommet inquiry, it generated
more discussion than I had anticipated. The consensus is that the tach cable is
intended to route through that hole and in some cases the oil pressure line
feed through there as well. I guess it's hard to guess what's up for debate on
our cars :)
Kendall
San Clemente, CA
--- Sally or Dick Taylor <tr6taylor@webtv.net> wrote:
> Kendall and Co.---On my '73, both the oil pressure line to the gauge AND
> the tach cable go thru the grommet down by the gas pedal. (Always did).
> As Vance pointed out, the tach drive cable must be oriented at the
> distributor correctly* so that its tortuous journey thru to the tach is
> made without hard angles.
>
> *The clips that hold the distributor cap should be nearly parallel to
> the engine. This puts the tach cable to where it just misses going over
> the top of thefuel pump, enroute to the grommet in question.
> The distributor drive gear should be as shown in the Bentley manual,
> with its milled slot clocked at "18 min. to two", when #1 piston is
> firing on TDC. Know that there is some latitude here, depending on where
> your #1 sparkplug wire is at, on the top of the dist. cap.
>
> Dick
>
> From: mailkendall@sbcglobal.net(Kendall LarseHey List,
> Can anyone tell me what is supposed to be routed through the firewall
> grommet right next to the gas pedal in a 74.5 TR6? My car never had the
> EGR counter thing, or at least not anymore.
> Here's a picture...
> http://chrispens.org/~kendall/firewall_grommet.html
> Thanks!
> Kendall
> San Clemente, CA
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