Adrian,
I ended up buying a rebuilt distributor from TRF 2 years ago. I
was chasing a problem and decided it was a worn distributor. I
was wrong.... turned out to be something else.
The unit was actually the earlier distributor used on TR3 thru
early TR4. It was very high quality... completely rebuilt to new.
Give them a try.
Getting a used one to clean up should be quite easy. I have the
one I took out... but I am not ready to give it up since they
seem to be available from only a few sources. I kept it instead
of returning for the Core Charge.
However there are many guys on the list that have several parts
cars and have a bunch of these lying around. Some have buildings
full of stuff. Any TR3-TR4A unit should work.
Can some help Adrian.
Brian Sanborn
62 TR4 CT16260L - Groton, MA
My TR4 Restoration Web Site
http://www.net1plus.com/users/sanborn/Home.html
E-Mail: sanborn@net1plus.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Adrian Jones
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 11:58 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: TR3 Distributor options.
Yes Folks,
Sadness reigns again in the Jones household.
After about 200 miles since the saga of the "head gasket", the
distributor
sees its not getting enough attention and promptly shits the
bed - namely
the stuff under the C/B plate (mechanic advance) turned to
shrapnel, one of
the larger pieces wedging itself against the distributor
camshaft.
The end result being the distributor done a 180 degree turn, like
the gal
in the Exorcist after she finished spewing up over everybody.This
happened
as I was heading home from work on Friday night, top-down, with
some fried
chicken in the trunk and assorted carbonated beverages, singing
aloud
"Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina....".
Leisurely perusing the Moss Motors catalog by the side of the
road, whilst
waiting for my new, life long friend (the tow truck driver), my
despondency
turns to blood-spitting rage as the Truth dawns on me - the only
stinking
alternative for a new distributor is the stinking Mallory with
TWO stinking
C/B units. Arrrrgh. One stinking C/B is enough. Oh, and by the
way, you
have to drill somekinda hole in the $200 thing to make it work.
Please tell me there is a dot com who sells nice new Lucas
distributors for
a TR3A, good for another 100,000 miles. Or, failing that,
someone who has
new, full-on (complete) mechanical advance stuff. Or, a good
used
distributor.
Grunt, Adrian
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