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Re: The Bitch Is Back..

To: Ken Streeter <streeter@sanders.com>
Subject: Re: The Bitch Is Back..
From: Martin Libhart <mlibhart@feist.com>
Date: Fri, 09 May 1997 09:36:12 -0500
Cc: Carol Zingone <JRHoffman@worldnet.att.net>, triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
References: <33731E43.46D2@worldnet.att.net> <33732AF3.6314@sanders.com>
Ken Streeter wrote:
> 
        [snip]
> 
> 5) Re-install the condenser and points, and set the gap
>    appropriately, using a feeler gauge.  (I can't recall this
>    setting off the top of my head -- anybody on the list able to
>    help me out here?)  The gap should be set when the points open
>    to their maximum spread, that is when the cam on the distributor
>    opens them all the way.  (You can see when this is.)

Correct points gap is .015".  Correct dwell angle range, if you 
have a meter, is 37 degrees.


> 8) Set the timing, statically to about 10-12 BTDC.  (Anybody want
>    to write a description of how to do this?)

I do this with a simple 12V test light. Connect one lead to ground, and
the other to the distributor power connection from the coil.  The
purpose of the test lamp is to determine precisely when the points first
close. Next, turn the crankshaft pulley clockwise until you reach TDC
(no. 1 piston at top of cylinder).  Then slowly continue to turn pulley
clockwise until lamp lights - should be at 10-12 degrees BTDC.
If not, loosen distributor clamp and rotate distributor slightly to
adjust static timing.  Continue this trial and error process until you
achieve the desired static timing.
> 
        [snip]
> 
> --ken
> VTR WWW Maintainer -- http://www.vtr.org
> '70/'74 TR6 Daily Drivers
> 
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Martin Libhart
1972 TR6 (driver)
1970 Spitfire Mk.3 (under the knife)

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