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Re: Gaskets and distributor endplay

To: "Dave Massey" <105671.471@compuserve.com>, "Hugh Fader" <hfader@usa.net>
Subject: Re: Gaskets and distributor endplay
From: <ptegler@gouldfo.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 15:58:44 -0400
Cc: "'Sally or Dick Taylor'" <tr6taylor@webtv.net>, "'Triumph Mailing List \(E-mail\)'" <triumphs@autox.team.net>, "'6 Pack List \(E-mail\)'" <6pack@autox.team.net>
Organization: Gould Fiber Optics g3TJxui03468
References: <200204291432_MC3-FBE7-D201@compuserve.com>
....don't have the info handy...but I once calculated
that as much as 2 degrees of timing jitter was being
caused by the freeplay of the dist. drive gear 'floating'
in its space. 

Paul Tegler     ptegler@gouldfo.com    www.teglerizer.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Massey" <105671.471@compuserve.com>
To: "Hugh Fader" <hfader@usa.net>
Cc: "'Sally or Dick Taylor'" <tr6taylor@webtv.net>; "'Triumph Mailing List 
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Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 2:32 PM
Subject: RE: Gaskets and distributor endplay


Message text written by Hugh Fader
>I just asked Jim, but I'll ask you too. What do you think the consequences
of too much play in the distributor would be? Would the drive gear bounce
around or something?
<

Don't forget, this gear also drives the oil pump.

Dave

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