you should be able to rotate the cam driven gear that drives your
distributor 1-2 teeth clockwise thus re-pointing your drive cable away from
the fuel pump a bit.
Paul Tegler
ptegler@verizon.net
www.teglerizer.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Brewer" <wsb1960tr3a@att.net>
To: "Triumphs" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 9:44 PM
Subject: [TR] TR6 Fuel Pump vs Tach Cable
> I just installed a Pertronix and a Moss vacuum advance conversion to
> my
> 1974 TR6. I got it timed and now the tach cable can't connect because the
> top
> of the fuel pump is in the way. Is there a way around this?
> I expect
> that I'll have to install an aftermarket electric fuel pump. I plan to use
> a
> NAPA pump. I installed a Facet pump on my TR3 and the thing makes a
> terrible
> racket sometimes. Is there an optimum location to put it and an easy
> terminal
> to land the wires to the "switched" side of the circuit?
> Does Moss or
> someone make a blanking plate for the mechanical pump location?
>
> My TR6
> has vacuum lines and fittings going everywhere. It seems like now that the
> car
> is smog exempt and I live in California that I could just remove it all
> and
> blank off the ports, leaving only the vacuum advance. Is there any
> legitimate
> reason for leaving all the vacuum/smog crap on the car? It all leaks
> anyway
> from what I see.
> I have too many projects going at the same time. I am
> rebuilding the TR3 engine (snapped crankshaft...), recommissioning a TR6
> that
> hasn't seen the road in 25 years and changing out a coil spring in a 1952
> Triumph Renown. Good times.
> TIA,
>
> Bill Brewer
> Tehachapi, CA
>
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