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[TR] I thought I knew these things!

To: "bill beecher" <bill_beecher@flash.net>, "list Triumph"
Subject: [TR] I thought I knew these things!
From: "Paul Dorsey" <dorpaul@negia.net>
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 14:34:31 -0500
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Hello, I've got two questions:
1.  I took out my distributor from an engine that had been running, noting 
the position of the rotor.  The shaft appears off-set to one-side supposedly 
preventing me from re-inserting it differently.  When I turned the dizzy 
upside down a nut, a lockwasher and a tiny bead of broken-off solder fell 
out.  I was not too alarmed.  But then I attempted to rotate the shaft while 
it was still upssidewn (I had previously removed the points).  and I found 
the turning rough!  Once , It did-not turn at all, for a second.  I righted 
it, installed the points and condenser, and correctly got it back in 
position moounted on the engine.  Turning the engine over with the 
crankshaft pulley with a socket-wrench requires a good deal of effort and 
therefore I can't gauge any resistance that might be just due to the dizzy 
alone.  But turning the engine over by hand does seem to turn the cam 
approatiely.
    Was the dizzy's turning irregularity (albeit upside down) a concern?

2.  Upon reattempting to set my points, I am seeing  that their red plastic 
arm (that rubs the four sided cam) only makes contact with the cam on the 
courners where it seems to correctly open to .015 at the widest part of it's 
opening, right?

Thanks, Paul
60 TR3A 

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