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RE: Setting dwell

To: Randall <randallyoung@earthlink.net>
Subject: RE: Setting dwell
From: Brian Sanborn <sanborn@net1plus.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 08:55:51 -0400
Cc: Triumph 6-pack mail list <6pack@autox.team.net>, triumph mail list <triumphs@autox.team.net>
>===== Original Message From Randall <randallyoung@earthlink.net> =====
>Mitch :
>
>I believe, when setting the dwell on a MSD system, you need to connect
>the meter directly to the points.  There's actually no need to check the
>dwell, the MSD doesn't pay any attention to it.  It only looks at the
>transition when the points open, eveything else is determined by the


Randall,

I have an old Heathkit tune-up meter I built back in the 70s and use the 
electric tach all the time.  I would love to check the point gap more 
precisely if I knew the dwell spec for the TR 4-banger and how the dwell is 
calculated and behaves as you change the pont gap.

TIA

Brian Sanborn
62 TR4  CT16260L-O - Groton, MA

My TR4 Restoration Web Site
http://www.net1plus.com/users/sanborn
E-Mail: sanborn@net1plus.com

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