re: Spring and other bushes, R&R
A good way to change "press in" bushes in place (and if the OD is metal, a
torch
is of little help unless it is really rusted in place) is to use your socket
wrenches with a bolt or running thread through the drive holes, and greased
washers under the heads of the nut and bolt for full pulling power.
just be carefull that you use sockets that will not get stuck in the OD
or have the piece get stuck in them. I use my 1/2" drive,
the deep sockets of they will fit, and sometimes
even check the MM ones of the real ones will not work.
They do make factory/snapon/JC Whitney special tools for this, and a
lathe and/or pieces of pipe are helpfull.
TR3 distributor and timing:
For a standard Lucas dist. with points, set the point gap to 0.015" when
the points are as open as they can get on the dist.cam. Check the gap on all
four lobes to see if the shaft is bent, or if the lobes are worn unevenly.
Get a small feeler gauge so that you can properly feel the setting
and not run the feeler up against the point spring.
Use Lucas points and clean the contacts and feeler gauge.
Ignore dwell readings unless all else fails for this vintage lucas dist.
unless
it is for more than 6 cyls. Dwell is controled by the dist. cam profile as
well as the static gap, so there is no set conversion.
The TR2/3/4 is designed to have the timing set Staticly. Set it this way,
always turning the motor over by hand (with the ignition OFF for safety)
in the normal direction of rotation to position the crank at 4deg. BTDC,
then use the
.vernier adjuster and a 12volt test light to set the points so that they
are just opening, with light, clockwise, thumb pressure on the rotor.
marking the crank pulley for 4deg. BTDC (dia= 5.55" so 4deg.=.1936"
(as in 0.2") is much easier and more accurate than the manual's TDC + fiddle
instructions! good tuners check that the TDC mark is very accurate. If you
file a notch in the pulley, radius the notch so that it is not a place for a
crack to start. A dwell meter and/or dynamic timing light are fine
diagnostic
tools for this vintage distributor, but NOT the way to set these adjustments.
Good luck from a TR3 racer Catpusher@aol.com
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