I ran one of those on several 60s-70s Triumphs.....great ignition!
Both plugs fire at the same time so there is no left/right to worry about.
Remove spark plugs and gap .018. Remove timing cover (right hand side of engine) over battery ignition points.
Disconnect and tape (insulate) all battery connected wires. Better yet, unhook battery hot wire from battery terminal.
Hold breaker cam in opposite direction of rotation (advanced position) and rotate engine until the points on #1 cylinder just start to open. Note: Use .0015 feeler gauge.
Remove breaker plate, breaker cam advance mechanism, and dowel pin from internal taper if your model used a dowel pin to position breaker cam and advance mechanism. CAUTION Do Not Rotate Engine. If engine is rotated, reverse rotation until piston is down and the cylinder at least one inch before top center on the compression stroke.
Rotate engine in normal direction of rotation until piston is 5/16 from top center on compression stroke. Install magnetos adaptor plate and adaptor shaft in cam taper. DO NOT TIGHTEN SHAFT. CAUTION 1963 to 1970 Triumph unit construction twins have a different length taper on shaft and internal threads are dissimilar. Suggest checking threads and taper. 1963 to 1970 bolt has BSF 1/4 x 26 threads. 1971 and later bolt had 1/4 x 28 thread. Early shafts are marked with the letter "A". Later shafts are marked with "B".
NOTE: Some applications will require drilling and tapping engine with 1/4 x 20 for better security of magneto mounting adapter. Some customers with severe service report that they heli aced adaptor to cam cover with approximately one inch length bead, top and bottom for security.
Remove Magneto cover. With shaft slightly loose in taper mount Magneto so that points are just starting to open and bolts are approximately in center of slot (for timing adjustment later).
Carefully remove Magneto and tighten center bolt in shaft. Re-install Magneto and time. Install cover and plug wires. Hook up ground wire to a separate kill switch to ground only. DO NOT HOOK ANY BATTERY CURRENT TO MAGNETO.
Point Gap .012 to .015
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The Base nuts are in the 26-28 ft/lb range and the head bolts are 18-20 ft/lbs. I see the T150 goes from 20-22 lbs. There is a sequence too. I usually snug everything up and work from the center bolt to the four bolts closest to the center bolt and then the 4 outside bolts. Triumphs are pretty forgiving, just don't over torque.. and remember to check the torque or re-torque once you have started the bike. Say, ride it a block or two and then re-torque. I like to put a load on the engine before re-torquing.
I have just snugged everything down by feel in the past with good results but then again you have to know what 22 ft/lbs "feels" like.. good luck..
Jim
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it's been a while, and there always a different spec depending which manual you got, preset 17 thou for exhaust and 14 thou for intake, run engine till warm , if still noisy let engine cool and tighten a couple of thou each, repeat if necessary, it sound wishy washy but it has worked for me in the past
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Well, you need three things for any engine to run. You need compression, ignition, and fuel. You should be able to tell if you have compression by kicking the engine over. Does it feel like it used to or is it way too easy to kick now? If you're in doubt, run a compression test on it. You should have somewhere around 100 psi on each cylinder.
Next, pull the spark plugs out of the heads, plug them back into their wires and lay them on the heads so that they get a good ground. Kick the engine over and watch the plugs for spark. If you have spark, you are probably fine in that area. No spark, check that magneto. I'm fairly sure that the magneto has a set of points in it. I'm not familiar with a Joe Hunt mag but I know the original Harley mag.
Now, for fuel. Pull the fuel line loose from the carb and turn the fuel petcock on. Do you have a good fuel flow? Now, you didn't tell me what kind of carb you have but if you have fuel going to the carb, you may have to drop the float bowl and check the jets for obstructions. But, just use a squirt can and squirt some fuel into the throat of the carb and see if the engine will fire. If so, then you know it's a fuel problem.
good luck
Steve
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For information on your Joe Hunt magneto, you need to contact them. They have a website at http://www.huntmagnetos.com/index.html. They'll probably tell you to send it back to them or send you an instruction sheet.
Good Luck
Steve
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