[TR] New Distributor for TR 2-4 ? Rebuild Rocker Assembly ?

[Anthony Rhodes]

Jeff, I have been wondering the same thing about those new dizzies.

You saw my previous questions about ignition advance curves...  Not all 25D4 
units are the same.  Not at all!

And, it almost appears that there is ONE new unit that applies to all 25D4 
applications.  I am not sure that this is actually true, but I am very 
suspicious.

But for that price, it might not be bad to order one then look at it. 
Hopefully it will have markings on it to tell what its parameters are.  Like 
the 2-6-3 on the vacuum unit, and the 10 on the advance mechanism.  But then 
it is anybody's guess what the spring rates are controlling the advance 
curve!

It might be better to send out your current unit to get it rebuilt.  BTW, 
who is the guy that was listed here who does a good job rebuilding these 
units including new vacuum units?

-Tony



----- Original Message ----- > Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:28:40 -0700
> From: Jeffrey Barteet <barteet at mrl.ucsb.edu>
> Subject: [TR] New Distributor for TR 2-4 ?  Rebuild Rocker Assembly ?
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> Hi, Folks,
>
> Long time no post!
>
> I see where British Parts Northwest  ( http://www.bpnorthwest.com ) has
> this new 25D4 distributor for $145. It's a drop in replacement for TR
> 3-4a and includes everything except for the dizzy cap.
>
> Almost seems too good to be true. ( Danger, Will Robinson!) I'm not sure
> if if you could have your original dizzy recurved for that. Anyone tried
> it?
>
> Is it a Lucas item ? If it IS a Lucas item, is that good or bad?   <wink>
>
> Happy Motoring!
>
> -jeffrey