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Celebrating th;e 30th Anniversary of the Triumph TR-61969 -1999 . "

TJte Trumpet It's Renewal Time! Time to Rejoin

(See Cover Story Page 1)

Plannin2ffiusiness Meetin2 .Ianuary 16th

TIME TO RENEW! DON'T LET THIS BE YOUR LAST ISSUE!

It's that time of the year again. Renewal Time! To see if you need to renew, look at your label on the last page of this issue. If your member­ship number has a "-98" after it then you have not renewed for the year. " Renewal fee is $24 for the year. With your renewal you will receive 12 power packed issues of the Trumpet, as well as, future tech sessions, Gfi "lug evci.lts, Clau ou'1t:;r fUft otitis;l Car and Triumph events. hease join us for the coming year.

Renewals are due bv Januaa 22. 1999

Make check payable to: ~rgia Triumph Association and send it to:

Georgia Triumph Association Post Office Box 1138

Tucker, Geo~a 30085-1138

Thank you for your support of the club and we hope to see you in the coming year.

(See Cover Story Page 1)

MEE_T.INGJ JAl\TUARY 16TH

10:30AM ·12:30PM SHONEY'S

5905 Jimmy Carter Boulevard ~orcross,~r~a

(1 mile west of the intersection of Jimmy Carter Blvd. and 1-85)

If you'make only one "meeting this year, this is the one to make! This is the ftrst meeting for 1999 and this is the meeting where we determine which events to have during the year and your input is important. We want to know what you would like to do this year. Overnight trips? Tech sessions?

. Day trips? Show & Shine events? This is your chance to tell us. Bring your Triumph (you don't have to) and we'll ftll the parking lot.

Shoney's has a great breakfast buffet, so bring your appetite too.

Hope to see you there.

1999GTA BOARD of DIRECTORS

and VOLUNTEERS

Director Scott Shepherd

Tel: (770) 513-2761

SecretarYlTreasurer Chip Mautz

Tel:(770)715-2913

Marketing/Promotions (Open)

Member at Large Marcia Little

Tel: (770) 972-1762

Member at Large Michael Campsmith Tel: (404) 639-2050

Rally Master George Forster

Tel: (770) 266-6203

VTR liaison DonBums "

Tei: (770JiJ23~931 i "

Newsletter Editor Kenneth S. Yokelson Tel: (770) 938-9340 Fax: (770) 938-7385

The Georgia Triumpb Association Post Office Box 1138

Tucker, Georgia 30085-1138

The Trumpet" is published monthly for the members of the Georgia Triumph Association. Members are encouraged to submit articles. photographs, or other materials of interest We reserve the right to edit or change any material to suit the needs and space allowed for our newsletter. Please enclose a self-addressed. stamped envelop for any iteIm you would like returned. The GT A newsletter cannot be held responsible for any iteIm that may be lost, damaged. or destroyed. Classified advertising is available free to members. $5.00 per ad for nonmembers. Oassified ads run for one month. Commercial advertising is available see below for rates. GT A neither endorses nor warrants any product, service, or method of service written or advertised.

One year commercial advertising rates (12 issues) are as follows:

1/8 page/business card: $40.00 114 page: $70.00 1/2 page: $100.00 Full page: CalJ

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GTA TECH LINE (please can before 8 pm)

Ken Yokelson: General Information & TR-3: (770) 938-9340 Scott Shepherd: TR-250 & TR-6: (770) 5l3-2761 Ray Sinclair: TR-7: (770) 518-0306 Richard Kozicki: Spitfire: (770) 427-5383

(If you would like to share your expertise with other member and would like to be added to this list please call Ken Yokelson at (770) 938-9340)

The Georgia Triumph Association, Inc. is a non-profit organization of Triumph motorcar owners and enthusiasts interested in the preservation, restoration. and driving of Triumph motorcars. We are a group of enthusiasts that maximize the enjoyment of driving a triumph. and emphasize camaraderie and social interaction among Triumph owners. The G.T.A. is a chapter of the Vintage Triumph Register (VTR).

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (Subject to Change) (Bold Print is a GT A Event)

JANUARY

"16th - G:TA Tuslness/PlanDln~

Meeting .. ' Shoney's,

5905 Jimmy Carter Blvd. " Norcross, Georgia For Info: Scott Shepherd (770)513-2761 . (See Page 1 for Info)

FEBRUARY TBA GTA JiL

Tech Session •

20th SCCA Driver's School 21st Road Atlanta, 8

Braselton, Ga. (770)458-4939

MARCH

TBA GTA

6th-7th

Tech Session

SCCA RegionallEnduro Road Atlanta, CD Braselton. Ga. (770)458-4939

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TBA "Chris Gore ~: Mountain Tour"& thru North Ga. ' _

3rd-4th

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SCCA NationallRegional Road Atlanta, CIt Braselton, Ga. (770)458-4939

15th SCCA RegionallEnduro Road Atlanta, CIt Braselton, Ga. (770)458-4939

22nd 16th Annual British .

~t:!Elan" Winery & . Resort Braselton, Georgia For Info: Ken Yokelson (770)938-9340

From the Director's Chair by Scott Shepherd

Reflections of a Year Past

1998 was a good year for the GT A.­We were fortunate to have met two of our original goals. One was to increase membership and the other was to make our families welcome at all of our activities. Our numbers grew by 39 and our family members continued to join in. At his pool party, Jeff Houle said, "more families showed up this year than ever before". He went on to say, "it was nice to see our spouses and kids · enjoy the pool, not very many people actual­ly went swimming before". Both of our goals were truly realized during this years Holiday party. Attendance was up by over 50% for adults and 100% for children.

I would like to thank everyone . tha~ came to the Holiday party this year. !t Vlas tl!e fust tiilie D"tsy and · I have ever hosted · an event, like this. We appreciate the help we were given by our club members. Mike Munson helped with the parts contest, George ­Forster conducted the gift exchange, Ken Yokelson made the coloring contest booklets. My daughters, Katy and Diana super­vised the colOring contest and helped watch over 14 children. I know Joan Forster, Sue Fiorentine, Michael Campsmith, Becky Richardson, and Sharon Y okelson helped Betsy upstairs. Tracy Sullivan put together the goody bags for the kids. Many others pitched in to make tlps a club effort and I thank you all. We really enjoyed seeing everyone having a good time. One thing we did learn from our fIrst try is to put the food in earlier. We will remember this for next year.

It was great to see so many brave hearts venturing out after dark in

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their Triumphs. It took a little extra effort to get the lights going, however with all our encourage­ment most of the lights finally came on.

We were honored to have two past Directors present: Steve Conway and Steve Kohlhagen. I have known Steve Conway for many years. When Betsy and I were active with the Standard Triumph Club in Tampa, Florida, Steve would come down to attend several of the shows with his TR-250. Steve Kohlhagen has been an acti ve member for many years and has held several key positions in our club. I thank both of them for the time and effort they have put into the club.

I would like to thank Marsha Little for holding down the Secretaryrrreasurer's office this year. Due to business commit­ments, Marsha will not continue in this position for 1999. Chip Mautz . has volunteered to take over the duties of this office. I know that ,,"/hen P:l1.!l ar:d ~9f~sha retire early they will ag~n be active members of the GTA. We look forWard to their future participation.

I thank Ken Y okelson for all the great newsletters' published this year. Ken has offered to continue his effort into 1999. All end-of-the­month deadlines were met Ken ventured into putting color on our special edition for Chateau Elan. One of our goals for the newsletter was to print more local material. This goal is beginning to be real­ized and with your help we will continue to have more local arti­cles in 1999.

Michael Campsmith was . our Member-At-Large. I believe Michael attended more events than I did this year. Michael is a big supporter of the club and I appreciate his involvement and support.

I know that I have spent a lot of

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time thanking people for their help with the club. This was my first year as Director and we could not have had such a successful year without the time and effort donated by the memberShip. I would like to see us continue with the goals we started this year. We eo

need your help to get the word out about our club and to continue to involve friends and family. On January 16th 10:30· AM, at the same Shoney's on Jimmy Carter Boulevard in Norcross, we will have our first business meeting (see page 1 for more information). This is a very important meeting so I hope you will attend. We will discuss the activities for the year and setting up our calendar early. Hopefully this will increase partic­ipation in our Club activities.

My family and I wish you and yours a Triumphant new year!

From the Editor's Desk ............. .. by Ken Yokelson .

Let me begin this first editorial for the new year by wishing all our members and fellow Triumph Owners a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year.

That being said, let's look into my crystal ball for the coming year. Some of the things that you should mark on your calender are:

British Car Day at Chateau Elan! May 22, 1999. Come early that day. We had 478 cars last year and hopefully this year being the weekend before Memorial Day Weekend, we are expecting more.

The Great American Road Race. June 6, 1999. Although not a Triumph event this is a lot of fun. This race was know as the Interstate Battery's Great American Road Race. It starts at the Marietta Square this year.

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REOUIEM FOR A HEAYXWEIGHTJVNKXARP

!m!.! First name 'Ned", last name

"Baskerville.' by Dan Neff

reprintedjrom Car & Driver, November 1998

(Ed. Note: with all oj us going to junkyards jor some parts, next

time you see that "cute "junkyard dog remember this article)

Bill Dierker doesn't lock up at night. Which at first might seem odd. After all, Dierker's garage -British Automotive Specialists in Peoria, Illinois--is in the middle of the mofo'hood, a rusty and decomposing landscape of scrap yards, rail yards, and factories ' so squalid it's practically radioactive. Dierker' s 160-by- 160 foot lot, surrounded by chain-link fence, is equidistant from three public­housing projects--"in the heart of the wine country," he says. On a clear day he can hear the gunfire.

And yet he fears no evil. For Dierker has Ned. . the bigge&t. baddest. junkyard ' dog . in - the valley. If not the world.

Understand, the AKC doesn't register the breed-Canis Rust­oleum, perhaps? --so it's hard ' to be definitive. but if Ned is only runner-up, we don't want to meet the winner. Weighing a girtby and ill-"tampered 251 pounds, Ned is a mixed breed of Great Dane, Saint Bernard, and Buick.

His veterinarian, Dr. Scott Demanes, describes Ncd's head as the size of a "microwave oven." Now a ripe old 14 years-very

ripe, by all accounts - Ned is gray in the muzzle, overweight, with a touch of arthritis. He . has ·lost a couple stops on his hole shot toward the fence. "We use him mainly as a deterrent," says Dierker. "He doesn't have to do much but growl."

As the "Director of Security Operations," Ned leaves most of the chasing and barking to the six

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younger dogs under him. They include an epileptic Irish setter named Fitz and a Chinese SharPe i­English bulldog mix named God Is She Ugly. When not prompting involuntary bowel evacuations on the pan of startled passersby, the dogs hang out in Ned's private office, the only heated and air­conditioned room in the garage.

But woe betide the burglar who underestimates Ned, says Dr. Dave Harvey, an emergency­medicine physician who is friends with Dierker. "I've seen Ned get angry, and it's quite impressive. He takes his guard-dog duties very seriously."

Ned's legend began 12 years ago at another junkyard after he badly damaged an employee there. The victim, a prisoner working on a furlough program, had been spi­tefully spraying Ned with a water hose. "Ned hates to be sprayed with water," Dierker notes absolv­ingly. Ned backed up into his doghouse until the offending trustee got within striking dis­tance. Then Ned charged him ;lnd neariy btt hIs aim: off.

"Ned broke both the bones-­the radius and the ulna--in the guy's arm and did all this nerve damage," Dierker recalls. The prisoner had to have his arm put back together with metal plates. In 16 years of trauma medicine, Dr. Harvey has never seen a major "Cl\lsh injUry" from a dog bite.

Bad dog! Down, boy! That junkyard went out of busi­

ness, and Dierker inherited Ned, along with a doghouse, some tools, and a rusty '79 Toyota. "All's gone by the wayside but Ned," says Dierker.

Since then, Ned has faithfully . earned his keep, watching over a

yard that at the moment hosts three MG TOs, a Mini Cooper S, a Morris Minor station wagon, and a Triumph Herald. Dierker's private collection includes an Austin Cambridge and a Triumph Mayflower--"cars that if they're kept very nice, and very clean, in

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many years will still be worth absolutely nothing," Dierker notes.

And yet Ned guards every­thing as though it were a vintage Bentley. Among his more notable­ahem collars was the interloper he

treed on top of a Jaguar XJS. "Ne tried so hard to get at him, we had to repaint the entire car," says Dierker. More recently, a burglar trying to break in' the back door turned to see Ned and his security team zeroing in on his groin area. The perp ran through the chain­link gate, breaking it off its hinges.

For the most pan, though, crack-enhanced entrepreneurs give Ned a wide berth in this city where he has achieved nearly mythic status--with a little help from his friends. Dr. ' Harvey, having treated a man whose hand was blown off by a pipe bomb, brought a picture of the mangled limb to Dierker's garage, where it was posted near the door with a sign iadicating it was Ned's work . . Local police contributed to the story. In their version, Ned's jaws were locked on the victim's hand, and it took three cans of Mace to get him off. That sort of thing gets around.

Ned enjoys considerable perks of canine celebrity. A local grocer brings him gallons of ice cream, the butcher shop brings along weekly allotments of raw meat and rib bones. The cops bring him chili dogs. The Goodwill thrift shop brings him couches, one of which he eats through every two months.

"From a veterinary standpoint," says Dr. Demanes, "his diet is pretty scary." In the midst of a late-life voluptuousness worthy of Jake LaMotta--who also ate couches--Ned cannot last much longer. In fact, to get him to the vet's, Dierker now has to borrow Dr. Harvey's 1970 Citroen "safari" station wagon, because Ned can't jump into a track, and

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(continued from Page 4) no one's about to By to lift

him. "I let the suspension on the Citroen bottom out and then put

out a ramp for him to walk on." Ned is one chili-dog­induced infarction away from eternity. . Bill Dierker -will miss him.

But Ned's protege is waiting in the wings. A cross between a Rottweiler and a hydrophobic rat, this dog got his name when he attacked the otherwise harmless TIlievin' Gene, who had come to the garage to sell a stolen battery. Gene, trying to run and still carry the battery, the dog hanging off his pantleg, kept screaming, "Do he bite?! Do he bite?! Do he . . bite?!"

So, naturally, Dierker named him Dewey.

Crime Doesn't Pay!

Late one night, a burglar broke into one of the GT A member's garage to steal parts for his own Triumph. While he rummaged in the parts bin, he heard a voice say "Jesus is watching you." Ignoring what he thought was just a pang of conscience, he con­tinued Joading carburator kits, shiny new hinges, and other parts into his bag. In a few moments he heard the voice again, saying "Jesus is watching you." Beginning to think he wasn't alone in the dark garage he asked the voice, "Who are you?" "Moses" said the voice. Shining his flashlight around he finally located the source, a parrot on a perch in the comer. "Hah!" he said, "you're just a parrot. What

HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY TR-6!!!!! If you look at the top of the front cover, you will notice that we are no longer celebrating the 75th anniversary of Triumph Motorcars. Instead, we are going to spend this year celebrating the 2nd most sold and popular TR in the: history of Triumph Motorcars - the TR-6! This year 1999 marks the 30th anniversary for this great 6-cylinder sports car. Throughout the year, I will try and bring you pictures, stories, and other items about this beloved car. If you have any TR-6 stories you would like to share with other club members (or other regional and international clubs), please feel free to write to this newsletter in the coming year.

idiot named you Moses?" . \ The parrot replied, . "The same idiot who named the Rottweiler 'Jesus'."

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Late TR6 Ignition Svstems by Bob Weeks

reprinted from The Standard, May 1997,

newsletter of the Capital Triumph Register

The distributor in my TR6, Lucas part number 41558 is equipped with a 13 degree centrif­ugal advance mechanism and an 8 degree vacuum retard unit. These numbers translate into 26 degrees and 16 degrees when measured at the crankshaft. (I believe this is a replacement since the date code on it is 9-76 and the Roadster Factory Spare Parts catalog lists this unit as used on the CF 12500 and later cars.) .

This type of distributor was fitted to ffilnmuze unburned hydrocarbons in the emissions controlled models starting with the 1973 production. It appears to be made from a unit that was designed to be fitted to an engine that turned in the opposite direc­tion from the TR6 engine which turns counter clockwise as viewed from the flywheel. lUis is evident from the mirror image appearance with the distributors · fitted to earlier cars and the arrow that indicates clock wise rotation (poorly obliterated). With the vacuum unit fitted to the right hand side of the housing (the dis­tributor'S left), its action is to move the points away from the direction of the rotation thereby retarding the spark when connect­ed to a vacuum. The vacuum capsule is attached with a roll pin inserted through a. hole drilled in the distributor body.

The vacuum retard on the 72?-75 production cars is controlled by a thermostatic valve located in the upper radiator hose. This valve has three ports marked "0", "M" and "C" for distributor manifold and carburetor. In this application, the distributor retard diaphragm is connected to the "0" port, and the "c" port is connected to the drill­ing on the rear carburetor. The

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"M" port is vented to the atmosphere.

In operation when the engine coolant is cold, the "0" and the "c" ports are connected. The drill­ing in the carb to which the "c" port is connected is near the mani­fold and this vacuum is communi­cated to the diaphragm which retards the spark 16 degrees at the crankshaft. Under these condi­tions, hydrocarbon emissions are somewhat reduced. As the engine warms up to normal operating temperature ( 190 degrees) the "c" port is closed off and the "0" and the "M" ports are connected which returns the retard unit to atmospheric pressure and the dis­tributor to zero degrees of retard. The emission of unhurried hydro­carbons is greatly reduced in a warmed up engine so the retard is not needed under this condition. Performance and economy are also improved under the condition of advanced spark. However under the condition of a cold engine it is . necessary to use the choke knob to compensate for the reduced idle speed until-the engine warms up.

Whether the vacuum retard is deployed or not, the centrifugal advance mechanism can provide up to 26 degrees of advance as the engine is revved up.

The instructions for the setting of the timing for these engines recommends setting the timing statically to 12 degrees BIDe (before top dead center). This is best done by setting the engine to 12 degrees BIDe on the compres­sion stroke for cylinder # 1 (when the rotor in the distributor is point­ing at the terminal on the cap for plug # 1). Loosen the clamp at the base of the distributor. Turn on the 'ignition and remove the hot wire to the coil. Momentarily reconnect the wire as you rotate the distribu­tor searching for the angular posi­tion of the distributor where the points just open. You can connect a 12 volt bulb between the ignition wire and the coil to locate this point but flashing the coil terminal

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is just as effective. If you have a timing light,

connect it to the battery and to # 1 spark plug lead and start the engine. With a cold engine, the timing should be at the 4 degrees after top dead center mark. Disconnect the vacuum line and the spark should occur at 12 degrees BIDC. Verify that the advance mechanism is working by revving the engine · and observing the spark advances.

The next section concerns servicjng and upgrading the distributor.

After 25 years of service it is usually a good idea to clean out the accumulated dirt in the base of the distributor, clean the advance mechanism and relubricate the unit It is easiest to do this when the unit is removed from the car. Removing and replaCing a dis­tributor is not exactly rocket science, but failure to get it back in the same angular position can prevent the car 'from starting and cause a lot of anxiety.

The drive dog on the distribu­tor is asymmetrical and can be inserted in the engine only one way.

To assist in getting the unit back on correctly, set the engine to IDe on # 1 cylinder before pro­ceeding. If the engine is not turned, just stick the distributor back in with the rotor in the same position when it was removed and reset tfie timing.

A correctly timed TR6 will have the vacuum unit located at the bottom and the #1 spark plug lead connected to the terminal at the "seven o'clock position".

This orientation correctly routes the tachometer cable past the fuel pump.

Having set the engine up and removed the distributor, proceed to· dismantle it When cleaning the distributor be careful not to intro­duce dirt into the main bearing of the unit, or you will have to drive

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out the roll pin that retains the drive dog to completely disassem­ble the unit. The breaker plate is retained by two screws. Lift out the breaker plate and remove the points and capacitor. The breaker plate can be disassembled by care­fully rotating the- two parts until the pin clears the enlarged end of the curved slot in the plate. Clean all small parts in solvent, but just wipe out the main body to avoid contaminating the bearing.

Re-assemble the cleaned up unit and smear the weight pivots with a very small amount of high temperature grease. This helps keep the weight in place so you can insert them properly. The reassembled unit is now ready to be reinstalled.

Put a drop of 30W oil on the shaft of the distributor and install the rotor. .

Upgrading the Distributor One of the easiest upgrades

that you can do to improve the reliability of your car is to ins~la­tion an electronic (pointless) inter­rupter. The main advantages of this upgrade are that routine point replacement and wandering timing caused by a were distributor are eliminated.

Most units are composed of two parts-a control ~mplifier that mounts on the body of the car and a sensor that replaces the points in the distributor. A flat indentation on the left wheel well of the TR6 provides a convenient location for the amplifier and indicates that the engineers at Triumph were con­templating such a production change, although none were fitted at the factory. (A law was passed in California in the early seventies requiring electronic ignition, but it was later repealed.)

The Crane Cams unit is a popular after market replacement for the points and capacitor origi­nally fitted to the car. I will make some fine points about the installa­tion of such a unit.

A point to watch when install-

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ing the Crane Cams unit is to set the sensor to interrupt the current in exactly the same angular posi­tion as that of the points. The best way to do this is to mark the dis­tributor rotor position' when the points just open-while the points are still in the distributor. Set the optical sensor in the exact position to just interrupt the circuit when the distributor is in this position. This is required because not only must the current to the coil be interrupted at the correct time, but the rotor must also be pointing at the correct terminal. Since the angular displacement of the rotor to the terminal on the cap varies as to the degree of advancement and retard, the poSition of the sensor to the base plate is critical. Failure to set a Crane Carns sensor in the correct position can cause poor performance as the spark for intended plug jumps to the incor­rect terminal or more probably to ground (often via the sensor) causing misfIring. (In other · systems such as Lumenition the sensor simply bolts in where the points were and therefore do not require this adjustment)

. The rotors in the Lucas dis­tributors are offset slightly in the direction of the terminal to be connected. To help prevent misfir­ing to the incorrect terminal, the trailing edge of the rotor terminal is rounded and the leading edge is squared off. The rounded edge helps prevent accidental discharge and the sharp angular edge helps encourage arcing. The amount of offset is marked on the rotor button. The one in the 1973 TR 6 is 9 degrees.

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PoIiIIon of rotor when poInta or .. n.or open. circuI

January 1999

In the first diagram (looking down on the rotor) the correct phasing of the rotor in relation to the opening of the circuit is shown. Rotation is counter clock­wise. The rounded trailing edge is towards #4 and the preferred path is via the angular end of the rotor to the # 1 terminal. In the condi­tion where the rotor is leading the correct position there is a tendency to spark between the incorrect terminal #3 instead of the correct # I because the spark will occur preferentially at the square end vs. the rounded end which may be closer to the correct terminal. In the case where the rotor is trailing behind the correct poSition, there is still a tendency to fire to the incorrect terminal or to ground. The problem of the miS-aligned rotor is further aggravated by the fact that the cylinder that is on the compression stroke and therefore has higher pressure requires higher voltage to jump the spark plug gap than the plug connected to the adjacent terminal which is not on a compression stroke.

The next step is to dress the wire that goes to the sensor so that it does not interfere with the rotat­ing parts of the distributor when the vacuum retard . is operating. You can use the Original terminal to fill the hole in the distributor and route the wire from the sensor out of one of the side holes in the distributor. Secure the unused wire to the original terminal under one of the screws to prevent it from getting in trouble. Although the Crane Carns unit is very reliable, I still have the option to reinstall the original points and cap in an emer­gency. (I am more concerned with a failure of the plastic interrupter disk than an electrical failure.) The electronics are military grade and are extremely reliable.

I have been using the Crane Cams system for over 6 years now with no problems.

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