[TR] TR3 Backfire

[Frank Fisher]

 i would clarify that.the only way to find TDC on a standard triumph is at number 1 or number 3 cylinder. there being no other marks on the crank/timing pulley
trying to put a dial Gage down the spark plug hole kinda works but not many people have one.



    On Monday, April 30, 2018, 12:12:27 PM PDT, Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 This is the first I've seen of this message which claims to have been
sent seven days ago...and I haven't seen any replies.  So, just in
case the Intertubes are doing their thing, I'd take a moment to verify
that TDC is, in fact, TDC on the cylinder of interest.  Then use that
as a starting point for rough-setting the distributor.

-- Jeff

On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 4:37 PM, Sam Clark <trdoctor at aol.com> wrote:
> Greetings all!  It has been awhile since my last post, long story. Anyway....
> We are trying to get a member’s TR3 started. We had the timing set so it would backfire out the exhaust. We turned the distributor 180 and it not spits back through the carbs. A new Pertronix ignition system is being employed. Carbs are SU.
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Sam Clark
>
> Sam
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