Sorry, forgot to cut the stuff at the end, here it is to the list
> Roger, Scott,
>
> I have used the Lucas SUPER coil in all my Triumphs past and present. I have
> never seen the plastic in the points melt. The only distributor related
>failure I
> have experienced in all these years is a broken wire between the points and
>the
> terminal bush.
>
> Bob Labuz
>
> 1958 TR3A
> 1974 T140V
>
> Roger Colson wrote:
>
> > Hello Scott,
> >
> > Last year I had a similar problem with my TR3.
> >
> > The 3 would start and run but after about 3 or 4 miles the engine
> > would begin to run very rough with no power.
> >
> > We found the points had closed and could not be properly gaped.
> > Replaced the points and the same thing happened. Unfortunately
> > on the way to the car show.
> >
> > Both of these points were the modern Lucas points with the red
> > plastic spacer block. My friend quickly went to his house and
> > pulled an old set of points off his Ginetta and brought them to my
> > stranded TR3. Quickly assembled and gaped we continued to the
> > show.
> >
> > This set of points were made with the phenolic spacer block.
> >
> > The TR3 was traveling quite smoothly for the first time and I was
> > enjoying the first long ride. We arrived at the show site and turn
> > into the entrance and the engine dies. Could not get it to start. So
> > with some help the TR3 arrives at it's first show.
> >
> > Diagnosis. Because three point sets were eaten in quick
> > succession we looked at the coil. The coil was a Japanese no
> > name aftermarket coil. Replaced the coil with an Intermotor coil
> > from Michael Ferguson's boot spare collection. Thank's again
> > Michael.
> >
> > With the new coil I was able to drive the TR3 the rest of the season
> > with no more points problems.
> >
> > The problem was the Japanese coil was designed to run with a
> > ballast resistor. With out the ballast resistor the amount of current
> > flowing through the points was enough to heat up the metal and
> > melt the plastic enough to cause the points to close.
> >
> > For your Herald, check your coil to make sure that it is the correct
> > type.
> >
> > Good luck and have fun,
> >
> > Roger
> >
> > Roger Colson
> > 57 TR3 TS21383L
> > sassamon@mediaone.net
> > http://people.ne.mediaone.net/sassamon/TS21383L
> > Natick, Massachusetts USA
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