One last distributor question

[TR3driver]

I assume by what has been said that I don't have to remove the tach cable???

Right. No need to remove it, unless you decide to open up the pedestal and get the gears in the right orientation (so the plug wires can be installed where they belong).

Personally I would want to do that, as I still have a rather vivid memory of spending several days standing ankle-deep in snow trying to get a newly-acquired TR3A to run; when all that was wrong was the plug wires were in the wrong holes on the engine I stole a "known good" cap & wires from. But for you, it probably makes more sense to leave well enough alone.

 

[Member 10617]

Poolboy,

To start all this, I asked what I thought was a simple question: "If I go to remove my distributor, is there something at the base of it that has to be loosened/unattached/removed, whatever?" The responses, all interesting, could fill a book.

You're safe. There's no way I would ever try to replace my piston rings.

Randall:

If I could do it, I would, but I can't, so I won't. Life is too short. But I'll be careful about any replacement distributor caps, as you wisely suggest. Many thanks.

 

[poolboy]

I may not teacher material; I expect too much of some people I admit that, but tonight I have learned my lesson.