Remove the needles from the piston, there should be a code on the
needles, like M or AH2 or so. Get exactly the same when your car used to
run good.
As for the distributor, if it is rounded off, this is a maintenance
problem, ther should be a little grease on the spindle as not to round
it off. Dunno if there's new ones around, I suspect exchange units.
Gernot
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> From: KMNTR6[SMTP:KMNTR6@aol.com]
> Reply To: KMNTR6
> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 1998 3:10 PM
> To: rtr@tsquare.com; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: TR3 Annual Check-up
>
>
> I just got my 1957 TR3 back from its annual check up by a local
> mechanic. He
> told me that I need the following:
>
> 1) carb jet needles. I have original SU carbs. What kind of needles
> should I
> buy? What do I need to do to install needles? Are they available at
> TRF, Moss,
> etc?
>
> 2) distributor. he says that the one ont he car has rounded off and
> is
> difficult if not impossible to set the timing. It seems to run OK, but
> is a
> little inconsistent. Are new distributors still available for a '57
> TR3 or
> should I look for a used one? Would a used one have the same problem
> as the
> one I have now? The mechanic said that at the very least I will need
> vac
> advance and centrifical advance springs.
>
> Later
> Ken Nachman
> Richmond (VA) TRIUMPH REGISTER
> 1974 TR6 CF16990U MALLARD
> 1957 TR3 TS21086L OLD ENGLISH WHITE
>
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