Tinster said:
Should I remove the retard vacuum line totally and then
plug both the carb nipple as well as plug the retard "ear"
on my distributor?
Pretty much up to you, Dale. The carb nipple needs to be capped off (otherwise it will leak vacuum), but it doesn't matter if you do that at the carb, or leave the line and cap it at the other end. The distributor 'ear' can be left open.<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]
<span style="color: #000099">I have to tell ya these Triumphs are strange machines.
One day roaring down the road at 75 mph, the next day broke down
in the driveway needing major repairs. BLARRRRGH!
regards,
dale</span> [/QUOTE]You certainly do seem to have awful luck in that department. There's certainly no reason a TR6 should be any less reliable than a TR3A, and I rolled the odometer over twice on mine in nearly 20 years of daily driving; while only coming home on a wrecker twice. Once was when a broken lock tab got into the oil pump and caused the shaft to shear off, the second time was when the Toyota behind me didn't bother stopping until he was in my trunk !
Certainly 'Pedro' has played a part in that ... but I literally bought my TR3A (actually late wife bought it, as a Bday present) in "non-running condition" and drove it home. It had it's share of problems, including both rear springs broken and broken piston rings. But there is a certain art to herding old cars down the road; which I think you're learning !
Anyway Good Luck !