Re: [T3] Gutless / No torque / No power leaving a stop

[Elroyyy@aol.com]

>> >'73s should be timed to TDC. '72-3 timing marks are different (  |   |   
| |  ) 
>> from the earlier years, so you may actually be doing this right. The 
second 
>> mark, counting L to R, is TDC. Earlier marks look like   |    | | |, where 
>> the leftmost mark is TDC.
>> It's timed to the third mark from the left. According to Bently this is 5 
deg 
>> BTDC and where it should be timed. Muir concurs, but calls it 7.5 deg BTDC.

>Which timing mark style do you have? I have to ask, just because the engine 
may 
>have been changed. Third mark from the left is different depending on which 
>pulley you have. It's 10 deg on engines up thru '71 and 5 deg thereafter.

>I just checked and you're right; I was mistaken about the correct timing. 
The 
>'73 engines get timed to 5 BTDC, which is the third mark from the left on 
the 
>'73 pulley.

I do have the 73 pulley ( I   I   I I ). So I've got the correct timing mark.


>Only the 68-9 TVS makes an audible click. The later ones are all silent.

I don't like the way this makes me feel, but I have to disagree with you, Jim.
I don't claim that this is where it should be adjusted, however; with the key 
ON and the TVS connected to its MPC, turning the TVS Counter-CW produces an 
audible click every time.
It occurs at the 10 deg (5 ticks counting from the rear of the car) mark.

The "questionable" TVS that I have will click at the same point but will only 
do it once. In order to get it to click again, the key must be turned OFF and 
then ON again.


>> The short answer is no. I don't have it adjusted right. Bently and Muir 
use 
>> the "click plus one tick" method. I've seen where you've written (more 
than a 
>> few times) that this is incorrect.
>> I have an Ohmmeter. What is the correct way?

>For the 72-3 TVS with 5 pins:
>With the throttle at idle, loosen the fixing screws for the TVS. Attach the 
>Ohmmeter to pins 17 & 12(47). The numbers are molded into the plastic, but 
>these are the 2nd and 3rd pins up from the bottom.
>Adjust the position of the TVS so that the contact just goes open each time 
you 
>let the throttle back down to idle.

Is this the same thing?
Loosen the TVS and connect the Ohmmeter as described.
Turn the TVS Counter-CW (as if the throttle were returning to idle) until the 
needle on the meter moves.

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