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Re: Distributor Cap

To: "Bob Kramer" <rgk@flash.net>, "Triumph" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Distributor Cap
From: "Bob Danielson" <75trsix@snet.net>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 07:57:27 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"
References: <001701beb166$3b8b0660$11c2c2d0@dads-computer>
Thanks Bob,
BTW..... last year (?) I ordered both the Lucas and the "generic" rotor and
there was a difference between the two. They both fit and worked but they
had a different shape. From the distributor feedback I've gotten, both on
and off the list, I think I'll get the generic distributor cap.
Bob Danielson
1975 TR6 - current status at
http://pages.cthome.net/BobD


----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Kramer <rgk@flash.net>
To: Bob Danielson <rdaniels@snet.net>; Triumph <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 12:20 AM
Subject: Re: Distributor Cap


>
> This may just be some employee swaparoo (switching a $$$$$Lucas unit into
a
> $Moprod box before buying same), but the cap in the Lucas box was exactly
> the same as the cap in the generic box. I ordered both at the same time
just
> to find this out (or was that was to make sure I got one). Most likely,
> Lucas has stopped making them and is subbing them out. How many separate
> companies can make a profit manufacturing distributor caps for 6 cylinder
> TR's?
>
> Bob Kramer
> Hill Country Triumph Club
> Corinthians Vintage  Auto Racing Club
> TR3A, TR6, TR4A
> rgk@flash.net
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Danielson <rdaniels@snet.net>
> To: Triumph <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Date: Monday, June 07, 1999 7:17 PM
> Subject: Distributor Cap
>
>
> >
> >I just got the Summer edition of Moss Motoring and they have their summer
> >sale going on. I like to keep spare ignition parts on hand and in the
car,
> >and have a question about the distributor caps they're selling. One is a
> >"generic" replacement cap for $9.95 while the other is a Lucas cap for
> >$26.95. Does anyone have experience with the generic one? Is the Lucas
cap
> >twice as good? Last twice as long? Fail twice as often? Let the Lucas
jokes
> >roll but I am curious as to the differences and any first hand
experience.
> >Thanks
> >Bob Danielson
> >1975 TR6 - current status at
> >http://pages.cthome.net/BobD
> >
> >
>


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