<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Explain all that to Moss, they have mis-informed me a couple times in the past and they refunded my return shipping. <div>Bill B<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sent from my Handspring Treo</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Oct 16, 2018, at 5:54 PM, Art McEwen <<a href="mailto:amcewen2@cogeco.ca">amcewen2@cogeco.ca</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div>Well Moss has a lt lead that will work with that plate but when I go to switch the 1 month old points/condenser from the old plate to the new one I find the new one doesn't have a pivot post for the points assembly grr.</div><div><br></div><div>So now I have to pay shipping for new points ('cause they didn't tell me that when they explained the plate difference).</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/locovgzt497v9zg/IMG_0782.JPG?dl=0">https://www.dropbox.com/s/locovgzt497v9zg/IMG_0782.JPG?dl=0</a></div><div><br></div><br><span>On 10/15/18, <b class="name">"Art McEwen" </b> <<a href="mailto:amcewen2@cogeco.ca">amcewen2@cogeco.ca</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote cite="mid:7240883f196f1.5bc46d11@cgocable.ca" class="iwcQuote" style="border-left: 1px solid #00F; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 0;" type="cite"><div class="mimepart text html"><div>Thanks Randall,</div><div><br></div><div>Yes they sent me LU422318 according to the packaging. It appears from <a href="http://britishvacuumunit.com">britishvacuumunit.com</a> that that part along with LU54413549 (moss 153-640) might work, although it's not clear from any of the photos if that terminal connector is meant to fit *over* the fork of LU421078 or *instead* of the fork. </div><div><br></div><div>To further complicate things the internal contacts on my "up style" distributor cap are pretty crappy and I have a brand new sideways style unit I picked up somewhere, but that means new leads. sigh....</div><div><br></div><div>Art</div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>On 10/15/18, <b class="name">Randall </b><<a href="mailto:tr3driver@ca.rr.com">tr3driver@ca.rr.com</a>> wrote:</span></div><blockquote cite="mid:0A6A4333BE9D494A946515E692B8272A@LAPTOPM3GPCDH8" class="iwcQuote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 13px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #00f 1px solid" type="cite">
<div class="mimepart text plain">40480D is an earlier model DM2P4 distributor. The information I have handy<br>says 40480F (which is functionally the same and still DM2P4, the letter is<br>just a revision level) was used as late as 1959 TR3, some of which were sold<br>in 1960.<br><br>That same database says cars built in 1960 got 40698A/B, which is still a<br>DM2P4.<br><br>The Moss catalog is certainly misleading, as they show a drawing of the<br>plate for a DM2P4, but the listing says it is for a 25D4. They have no<br>listing for the earlier part (which I assume means it is not available). I<br>believe the equivalent part number at TRF would be LU421078, which they have<br>listed as NLA. You might check with Revington, he seems to source a lot of<br>parts the others can't find.<br><br>Faced with that same dilemma some years ago, I fabricated a mount for the<br>low tension lead that worked quite well. Just a stack of pieces of bare<br>fiberglass printed circuit board (from the scrap bin, no copper plating),<br>carved with a Dremel to fit snug but not too tight in the slot in the<br>distributor cap. A small bolt through the center linked the two wires.<br>IIRC I used 3 pieces of PC board, one smaller to fit inside the notch and<br>two slightly larger to fit on either side of the notch. A little extra work<br>to install the cap, as I had to hold the side wire to position the new piece<br>in the slot, as I lowered the cap into place, but not too bad.<br><br>Later, I switched to a (used) 25D4 distributor.<br><br>-- Randall <br><br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: Triumphs [<a href="mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net]">mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net]</a> On <br>> Behalf Of Art McEwen<br>> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2018 7:19 PM<br>> To: <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a><br>> Subject: [TR] Name that distributor (TR3)<br>> <br>> Hi <br>> <br>> <br>> The backing plate on my TR3's distributor has a lot of play <br>> in it so timing is problematic. I ordered a new one from <br>> Moss however that part (551-055) doesn't have the same tall <br>> attachment for the low tension lead leading outside the cap <br>> (see old unit on the left): <br>> <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/wzxo5gpd3tnuaei/IMG_20181014_1038057" target="1">https://www.dropbox.com/s/wzxo5gpd3tnuaei/IMG_20181014_1038057</a><br>> 63.jpg?dl=0<br>> <br>> <br>> The distributor is stamped 40480D (see below) which doesn't <br>> seem to be within the range of their 25D model matching (if I <br>> go down the electronic replacement match-up rabbit hole). <br>> <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/s1ghm1wradmp3xw/IMG_20181014_1047562" target="1">https://www.dropbox.com/s/s1ghm1wradmp3xw/IMG_20181014_1047562</a><br>> 91.jpg?dl=0<br>> <br>> Do I have a non-standard distributor? Any idea the right <br>> part # for my backing plate? Or should I just bite the <br>> bullet and go electronic?<br>> <br>> Thanks,<br>> <br>> Art <br>> 1960 TR3A TS64989LO <br>> <br><br></div></blockquote>
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