[TR] Contact Points

[Jerry Van Vlack]

Terry, a common problem; you need to put a small dab of white grease on the
distributor cam to lubricate the points rubbing block. The can wear out fast
otherwise.
JVV
----- Original Message -----
From: <terryrs at comcast.net>
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 8:35 PM
Subject: [TR] Contact Points


> All right.  I don't get this.  My TR3A daily driver had noticeably less
power at low RPM's, but at lifted RPM's accelerated nicely.  At idle,
though, it dropped to about 8, rumbled for about half a minute, then
decreased under 5 and wanted to stall.
> When I got home, I popped the distributor cap, rotated the engine to max
point gap, ...and the points were still closed!  (to the naked eye, anyway)
> How in the heck did this thing keep running????
> (Adjusted the gap, and will check out the difference in performance
tomorrow.  Enough to make me shift to electronic ignition.)
> Terry Smith, '59 TR3A
> New Hampshire