Subject: Re: [TR] Distributor help

From: "Andrew Uprichard" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 22:28:03 -0400

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Makes one wonder if the car has worked fine for 35 years with a vacuum =
unit which never working.

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It=E2=80=99ll be interesting to see if you notice a difference with a =
functional unit.  I=E2=80=99d certainly be interested in hearing.

=20

Andrew Uprichard

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From: Triumphs [mailto:[email-masked]] On Behalf Of =
Pete Ryner
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2015 7:51 PM
To: [email-masked]
Subject: [TR] Distributor help

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I have a =E2=80=9856 TR3 with a 40798B Lucas distributor installed.  It =
has been in the car for the last 35 years and has worked fine.  =
I=E2=80=99m cleaning up the engine while the body is out for paint, =
mostly detailing and fixing leaks.  It was rebuilt some time ago but has =
very low miles on it since the rebuild.  Anyway, I had the distributor =
apart to clean it up and found that the vacuum unit isn=E2=80=99t =
working.  I went to the big three to find a vacuum unit and my =
distributor isn=E2=80=99t listed.  In fact, I can=E2=80=99t find a =
reference for this distributor at all except that moss lists a cam to =
fit it under their TR3 section.  None of the vacuum units available are =
made to this distributor.  Can anyone give me an idea of where this =
distributor is used?  It obviously can be used in a TR3, but what is the =
difference from the ones listed in the parts books?  Finally, does =
anyone know of a place to find a vacuum unit for this distributor?  Any =
and old help is greatly appreciated.

Pete

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functional unit.=C2=A0 I=E2=80=99d certainly be interested in =
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Triumphs [mailto:[email-masked]] <b>On Behalf Of =
</b>Pete Ryner<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 08, 2015 7:51 =
PM<br><b>To:</b> [email-masked]<br><b>Subject:</b> [TR] =
Distributor help<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p =
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class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I have a =
=E2=80=9856 TR3 with a 40798B Lucas distributor installed.&nbsp; It has =
been in the car for the last 35 years and has worked fine.&nbsp; =
I=E2=80=99m cleaning up the engine while the body is out for paint, =
mostly detailing and fixing leaks.&nbsp; It was rebuilt some time ago =
but has very low miles on it since the rebuild.&nbsp; Anyway, I had the =
distributor apart to clean it up and found that the vacuum unit =
isn=E2=80=99t working.&nbsp; I went to the big three to find a vacuum =
unit and my distributor isn=E2=80=99t listed.&nbsp; In fact, I =
can=E2=80=99t find a reference for this distributor at all except that =
moss lists a cam to fit it under their TR3 section.&nbsp; None of the =
vacuum units available are made to this distributor.&nbsp; Can anyone =
give me an idea of where this distributor is used?&nbsp; It obviously =
can be used in a TR3, but what is the difference from the ones listed in =
the parts books?&nbsp; Finally, does anyone know of a place to find a =
vacuum unit for this distributor?&nbsp; Any and old help is greatly =
appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Pete<o:p></o:p><=
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From: "Greg Lemon" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 23:00:28 -0500

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"Makes one wonder if the car has worked fine for 35 years with a vacuum =
unit which never working.
=20

It=E2=80=99ll be interesting to see if you notice a difference with a =
functional unit.  I=E2=80=99d certainly be interested in hearing."

I had the vacuum advance go out on my TR4a many years ago, I could tell =
something was wrong, and I eventually figured out it was the vacuum =
advance, the car idled and ran fan, but made less power, and I think it =
was running hotter too, you could probably adjust the static advance to =
offset this somewhat, but there was a noticeable difference (if there =
wasn't I am sure I never would have figured out that it wasn't working, =
or at least it would have taken a long time to figure it out by a chance =
test of the vacuum advance unit.  At the time I didn't have a timing =
light to check how it advanced through the rev range and throttle =
settings.

Greg Lemon

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and ran fan, but made less power, and I think it was running hotter too, =
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a noticeable difference (if there wasn't I am sure I never would have =
figured=20
out that it wasn't working, or at least it would have taken a long time =
to=20
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time I=20
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