[TR] carb linkage lubricant

[fishplate at gmail.com (Jeff Scarbrough)]

On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 9:56 AM, Geo Hahn <ahwahneetr at gmail.com> wrote:
> In my opinion - frequency (or doing it at all) may be more important than
> what lube is used.  I just use a drop of oil, but often.
>
> I have a TR3 friend who has a ritual wherein he does this.  Every time he
> checks the oil - before he wipes the dip stick clean he touches it to each
> of the linkage connections.  Looks like a Triumph priest blessing the motor.


That's how I lubricate the distributor advance mechanism.  A drop on
the fibre plug in the distributor shaft ever so often, using the dip
stick.