I'll add couple more things:
distributer rotor
spark plug wires (optional)
change the oil and oil filter
air filters
As Scott suggests, do everything else before you do anything with the carbs.
Mark Stahlke
On 26-Jun-98, scott suhring wrote:
>Rich:
>If you want to do it right, which will save you in the long run, and
>you believe that your 6 hasn't been tuned for some time, then I'd
>suggest
>the following:
>1.plugs (if you decide to go with Lucas Sports Coil, gap at .035")
>2.distributor wires
>3.Lucas Sports Coil
>4.condensor
>5.points (distributor)
>6.distributor cap
>7.set the rocker gaps
>8.set the timing
>9.THEN tune the carbs
>I'm sure I'm missing something that the list can add, but this will work
>wounders on a poorly tuned and neglected car.
>Scott Suhring
>Elizabethtown, PA
>'70 TR6
>Rich Blair wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Got another newbie question. But First, thanks everyone for the responses
>to my
>> hot running problems. I am now pretty convinced my car just needs a good
>tune
>> up. So here is the silly newbie question(s):
>>
>> I have the Bentley book which describes the general process of changing
>points,
>> condesnor, etc. But what order should things happen in. New plugs, then
>> condensor, then points, or does it matter. Also any tips to help aid me in
>this
>> process would be greatly appreciated. It appears to me that the Bentley
>guide
>> assumes you have some sort of clue ( which unfortunately, I am still in the
>> process of acquiring)...
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Richard Blair, MCSD
>> 1973 TR6 (CF3585U)
>> rdblair@ix.netcom.com
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