Distributor; Engine Oil Filler Cap; Steering Lower Swivels - Triumph Spitfire MK3 Handbook

ROUTINE SERVICING
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Distributor (Fig. 78)
Release the clips and remove the distributor cap and rotor
arm. Apply a few drops of thin oil to points (1), (2) and (3).
Lightly grease the cam surface (4) and inject approximately 5 c.c.
(one teaspoonful) of engine oil through the hole (5).
Clean and adjust the contact breaker points as described on
page 60.
Engine Oil Filler Cap (Fig. 67)
Clean the filler cap with petrol or paraffin, allow to dry and
replace. Do not oil.
Engine Slow Running
Check and adjust if necessary. Page 63.
Steering Lower Swivels (Fig. 79)
Raise the front road wheels clear of the ground, remove the
plug (shown arrowed) and fit a screwed grease nipple. Apply a
grease gun filled with HYPOID OIL and pump the gun until oil
exudes from the swivel. Remove the nipple, refit the plug.
Repeat, with the opposite steering swivel.