[TR] TR6 Fuel Pump vs Tach Cable

[ptegler]

you should be able to rotate the cam driven gear that drives your 
distributor 1-2 teeth clockwise thus re-pointing your drive cable away from 
the fuel pump a bit.

Paul Tegler
ptegler at verizon.net
www.teglerizer.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Brewer" <wsb1960tr3a at att.net>
To: "Triumphs" <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 9:44 PM
Subject: [TR] TR6 Fuel Pump vs Tach Cable


>     I just installed a Pertronix and a Moss vacuum advance conversion to 
> my
> 1974 TR6. I got it timed and now the tach cable can't connect because the 
> top
> of the fuel pump is in the way. Is there a way around this?
>     I expect
> that I'll have to install an aftermarket electric fuel pump. I plan to use 
> a
> NAPA pump. I installed a Facet pump on my TR3 and the thing makes a 
> terrible
> racket sometimes. Is there an optimum location to put it and an easy 
> terminal
> to land the wires to the "switched" side of the circuit?
>    Does Moss or
> someone make a blanking plate for the mechanical pump location?
>
>     My TR6
> has vacuum lines and fittings going everywhere. It seems like now that the 
> car
> is smog exempt and I live in California that I could just remove it all 
> and
> blank off the ports, leaving only the vacuum advance. Is there any 
> legitimate
> reason for leaving all the vacuum/smog crap on the car? It all leaks 
> anyway
> from what I see.
>     I have too many projects going at the same time. I am
> rebuilding the TR3 engine (snapped crankshaft...), recommissioning a TR6 
> that
> hasn't seen the road in 25 years and changing out a coil spring in a 1952
> Triumph Renown. Good times.
>     TIA,
>
>     Bill Brewer
>     Tehachapi, CA
>
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