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RE: Checking vacuum advance

To: "'Mark Hooper'" <mhooper@pixelsystems.com>
Subject: RE: Checking vacuum advance
From: Hugh Fader <hfader@usa.net>
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 22:15:26 -0400
Cc: "'Triumphs Mailing List (E-mail) '" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Mark,

Vacuum retard is only for emissions. You can just unhook it with no impact
on performance. Make sure to put a cap on the port on the bottom of the
carb.

- Hugh

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Mark Hooper
> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 9:49 PM
> To: 'Dave Massey '; Mark Hooper
> Cc: 'Triumphs Mailing List (E-mail) '
> Subject: RE: Checking vacuum advance
>
>
> Sigh... I am being set straight on all sides it seems.
> Clearly I have a
> vacuum retard unit, not an advance. Doh! Clearly time to
> throw myself in the
> lake with my SECAM unit. I will post the pictures of the Sturgeon
> tomorrow...
>
> Anyway, vacuum is present, no impact on idle, implies busted
> vacuum retard
> and the reason why my idle is too high.
>
> How do you fix these things?
>
> Mark

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