[TR] TR6 Hesitation and Running Issue

[Jonas Payne]

I have a 41558 dist., which should have a Vac Retard.  The Vac Unit points
to the rear of the car.

The vac unit appears to be new(er) than the rest of the dist. , any way to
tell whether it is an advance or retard unit?  Is it possible a DPO has
mixed it up?

It is my understanding that the Vac retard actually does very little to
affect the drivability of the car, and lots of folks simply recommend
disconnecting and capping them?



Jonas Payne
PBR Consulting Services, LLC
702.882.6711

-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Brian Induni
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 11:32 AM
To: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] TR6 Hesitation and Running Issue

Jonas, make sure you're dealing with a dizzy that has vacuum ADVANCE and not
RETARD. You should be able to tell by which side of the vacuum unit the line
attaches to. It's a very counter-intuitive set up (to me at least), and can
cause some serious head scratching if you try to tune the engine as an
advance setup with a retard unit.

Brian