Jim
I had the same problem on a TR 4 engine years ago, turned out the
centrifugal advance in the distributor was frozen up.
Bob Nogueira
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> [mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jim Muller
> Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 10:12 PM
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> Subject: [TR] and speaking of engine performance
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>
> The other day I got around to measuring the GT6's compression again,
> checking the valves first. #1 was tighter than it should've been.
> Don't know why, but after I re-adjusted it it read 140 as compared to
> the previous 120 or below. Okay, chalk that up to mechanic's error,
> I guess. (I wonder who that was.)
>
> Drove it to work today but it still didn't like rev'ing above
> 3500rpm, would start missing about 3000. Ordered up a new tune-up
> set, dizzy cap, rotor, points, condensor today. Put some dry-gas in
> the tank and drove around for 15 minutes but I'm not sure it helped.
> They're predicting possibly heavy T-storms tomorrow so I'll drive the
> van. Maybe the GT6 will get the message.
>
> In the meantime I'm open to suggestions.
>
> Jim Muller
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