Excellent video. I did the Lumenition Magnetronic on my 1969 TR6. Works great, and you can't tell because it's all inside the distributor. You might want to check your distributor beforehand. I had mine completely rebuilt just to be sure. What's another 120 bucks on a full frame off resto. In for a penny in for a pound.
Cheers mate, this isn’t my car, it was done for a friend, that said with electronic ignition, it does dial out some of the wear you see when running on points, but I know what you mean 👍
Cheers Paul, in all honestly I think running on points can be as good as electronic ignition, if quality parts are brought from the distributor doctor and set up correctly. My own TR6 is still on points and I'm happy with it, on the hand electronic ignition is maintenance free. You just fit it and forget. Both systems have there pros and cons, but when it's as easy as this to fit as the lumention or petronix ignition systems, then it's well worth thinking about doing 👍
Points and condenser - how many breakdowns have these caused over the years :). Electronic ignition is the way to go on classics for day to day use and this kit looks like it allows for easy conversion back . Thanks for showing how simple it is to fit.
It's a good kit, very simple to install. The biggest problem with points and condensers are the quality of the parts on the market. Unless you buy quality items from say the distributor doctor, then the stuff out there from the main sellers tends to be cheaply made rubbish 👍
Great video, I actually purchased this exact part for my US 1976 TR6 due to your video. It all was going smoothly unit I realized that in the US cars, the ballast resister IS the positive wire, the instructions say that if there is a ballast resister to connect it to the wire before the resistor. Being that the resistor is the wire, I can't do that. Do you know what is the best way to power this on a US car war with a ballasted coil?
Hi Jeff, I generally just rewire cars if I'm unsure. The best way to do this is to disgaurd the orignal Triumph wires to the coil. Then run a wire from the a good ignition live only part of the fuse box. So the white wires at the fuse box are the best supplier for this. Then I feed a wire the other side of the white wires in the fuse box nealy to the coil. Some of the lumention kits come with an inline ballest resist, some don't, and you can wire this in if your coil is a ballest type. Depending on the kits I tend to discard the ballest, and re-wire so there is none ballest. Of course you need a none ballest coil, and systerm to do this like this, but the princial is the same for rewiring 👍
Hi Steve. I'd just like to get to the point (no pun intended!) where l can make a choice ! Mine is still way off before the body is ready to refit to the chassis. I guess this is a no brainer if you want your 6 to run more reliably. Thanks Steve. Hope you had the door open when running up the engine !
Yeah, they do run better on electronic ignition, and I'm happy to fit electronic ignition to anyone car. But with my own TR6 she happy on points and a quality condenser from the distributor doctor
Lovely looking Mimosa '6. Pretty straightforward install, would the adjuster knob on the distributor be enough to dial in the timing without needing to slacken the distributor?
It most likely would, but with this TR6 didn't have an adjuster vernier on it. I think this TR6's distributor was out of a carburetor saloon as it had a vacuum advance on it 👍
@@SteveDentonClassics mine has a vacuum advance, when I first got it I thought the slightly poor running was because it wasn't connected, but I discovered P.I. didn't use it but still had it fitted.
Yeah I've seen a number of them like that, I've even converted a few for friends to get rid of the vacuum advance, as you rightly say the Pi system doesn't run with a vacuum, just the bob weights. It's all to do with the saloons having them for the carbs, unfortunately over the years many TR's have had parts taken from saloons and fitted to them. In the 1970' and 80's it was far easier to raid one off a scrap car than buy a new one. Hence most likely why yours has got the vacuum as well as the vernier on it 👍
Great video Steve, John's car looks awesome too. Good "how to" guide as ever.
Cheers Phil, his car drives well and all too 👍
Nice engine bay. Love the black rocker cover and the yellow plug leads etc
Yeah, I think it looks real tidy, and a bit different from the norm with the yellow HT leads. Goes well with the paintwork 👍
Best thing I ever did for my TR - used to have to check/adjust the points with boring regularity. That is a thing of the past now!
Great stuff!! It's a very much fit and forget with electronic ignition 👍
Excellent video. I did the Lumenition Magnetronic on my 1969 TR6. Works great, and you can't tell because it's all inside the distributor. You might want to check your distributor beforehand. I had mine completely rebuilt just to be sure. What's another 120 bucks on a full frame off resto. In for a penny in for a pound.
Cheers mate, this isn’t my car, it was done for a friend, that said with electronic ignition, it does dial out some of the wear you see when running on points, but I know what you mean 👍
Still on Points on my Steve, looks easy to do might change mine over the winter. Great video
Cheers Paul, in all honestly I think running on points can be as good as electronic ignition, if quality parts are brought from the distributor doctor and set up correctly. My own TR6 is still on points and I'm happy with it, on the hand electronic ignition is maintenance free. You just fit it and forget. Both systems have there pros and cons, but when it's as easy as this to fit as the lumention or petronix ignition systems, then it's well worth thinking about doing 👍
Points and condenser - how many breakdowns have these caused over the years :). Electronic ignition is the way to go on classics for day to day use and this kit looks like it allows for easy conversion back . Thanks for showing how simple it is to fit.
It's a good kit, very simple to install. The biggest problem with points and condensers are the quality of the parts on the market. Unless you buy quality items from say the distributor doctor, then the stuff out there from the main sellers tends to be cheaply made rubbish 👍
Nice job Steve. Easy Peasy.
Cheers David, it's a simple job to do, but very satisfying 👍
Great video, I actually purchased this exact part for my US 1976 TR6 due to your video. It all was going smoothly unit I realized that in the US cars, the ballast resister IS the positive wire, the instructions say that if there is a ballast resister to connect it to the wire before the resistor. Being that the resistor is the wire, I can't do that. Do you know what is the best way to power this on a US car war with a ballasted coil?
Hi Jeff, I generally just rewire cars if I'm unsure. The best way to do this is to disgaurd the orignal Triumph wires to the coil. Then run a wire from the a good ignition live only part of the fuse box. So the white wires at the fuse box are the best supplier for this. Then I feed a wire the other side of the white wires in the fuse box nealy to the coil. Some of the lumention kits come with an inline ballest resist, some don't, and you can wire this in if your coil is a ballest type. Depending on the kits I tend to discard the ballest, and re-wire so there is none ballest. Of course you need a none ballest coil, and systerm to do this like this, but the princial is the same for rewiring 👍
So a non ballest coil would be 3 ohm ? Thanks
great info as always
Cheers Graham 👍
Awesome video! How can I find that product?
Hi Edward, they are available through the Triumph Sports Six Club shop and or Moss Europe and David Manors Group 👍🏻
Hi Steve. I'd just like to get to the point (no pun intended!) where l can make a choice ! Mine is still way off before the body is ready to refit to the chassis. I guess this is a no brainer if you want your 6 to run more reliably. Thanks Steve. Hope you had the door open when running up the engine !
Yeah, they do run better on electronic ignition, and I'm happy to fit electronic ignition to anyone car. But with my own TR6 she happy on points and a quality condenser from the distributor doctor
Sweet
Cheers 👍
Thanks, ran sweet when the timing was adjusted.
Your welcome, think she runs really well now 👍
Lovely looking Mimosa '6. Pretty straightforward install, would the adjuster knob on the distributor be enough to dial in the timing without needing to slacken the distributor?
It most likely would, but with this TR6 didn't have an adjuster vernier on it. I think this TR6's distributor was out of a carburetor saloon as it had a vacuum advance on it 👍
@@SteveDentonClassics mine has a vacuum advance, when I first got it I thought the slightly poor running was because it wasn't connected, but I discovered P.I. didn't use it but still had it fitted.
Yeah I've seen a number of them like that, I've even converted a few for friends to get rid of the vacuum advance, as you rightly say the Pi system doesn't run with a vacuum, just the bob weights. It's all to do with the saloons having them for the carbs, unfortunately over the years many TR's have had parts taken from saloons and fitted to them. In the 1970' and 80's it was far easier to raid one off a scrap car than buy a new one. Hence most likely why yours has got the vacuum as well as the vernier on it 👍
All I want now All I want now is the car.....good condition, original as possible 150bhp TR6, any assistance?
You just got to get out there and look for one, ebay, car and classic, TRGB are a few places to look 👍
First! Do people still say that?
I wished not
I think it one of them things, like when people write on old videos, still watching in 2020 👍