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Re: Help--74 Spica--adjuster screw under TA turned all the way



If a late 70's TA is used in an early 70's pump, the tip could indeed be too 
long.  IF such is the case, the TA is generally shimmed to get the proper gap.

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> Hi Armando:
> 
> There aren't really too many possibilities here.  Perhaps the reference 
> screw (the one you're measuring the gap from) has been tampered with?  Is 
> your gap gauge fitting into the notch on the pump control lever?  What's 
> the extension of the tip on the TA?  The failure mode for those is that the 
> tip becomes too short, not too long.  Any chance some loony previous owner 
> put a washer under the plunger screw inside the pump?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dean
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