[T3] 66 Squareback Now Mine

[Soren Jacobsen]

On 11/06 09:57, Jim Adney wrote:
> On 6 Nov 2015 at 3:41, Soren Jacobsen wrote:
> 
> > On 05/26 07:52, Jim Adney wrote:
> > > 
> > > I can probably come up with a Type 3 hockey stick if anyone needs
> > > one, but note that '72 cars with vacuum adv/retard got a special
> > > one.  I won't have one of those.
> > 
> > (catching up on ancient email...)
> > 
> > Really?  My parts books don't have updates through the very end of
> > the line, but they do have some 1972 info.  I see two hockey sticks,
> > one used through VIN 433785, May 1964 (113 311 541A) and one after
> > that (311 311 541).  I do see a different nose cone being used in
> > 1972, though.  I've never had any exposure to 1970s T3s -- what was
> > different in 1972?
> 
> '72 FI Type 3s came with a distributor that had both vacuum advance
> AND vacuum retard. As delivered from the factory, the vacuum advance
> was only enabled in 4th gear. To do this, there was an extra switch on
> the tranny nosecone that was activated by an additional cam on the
> hockey stick. That sent power to a solenoid valve in the vacuum line,
> which let vacuum thru only when energized.

Ahh, interesting.  And does your microfiche list the 1972-only hockey
stick?  I'm wondering if replacement parts supplied were all the
1972-style stick (assuming it would physically fit in an earlier
nose cone).

Soren