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RE: Jump Starting TR3

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Subject: RE: Jump Starting TR3
From: "Brent Smith" <bsmith@inetnow.net>
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 09:51:40 -0500
>Step 1. Reverse the wires on the ammeter.
>Step 2. Loosen the four screws on the wiper motor gear box cover and
rotate
>the wiper stop switch 180 degrees, this will keep the wiper blades
stopping
>in the same position.
>Step 3. Polarize the same way as normal.
>Step 4. Have two beers, one for you and one for me.
>P.S. You might want to remove the low tension wires on the coil, rotate
the
>coil 180 degrees, and replace the wires in the same relative position.
>(peace of mind thing) 

Agree with the above, except the following:  You don't need to touch the
wiper motor.  You do need to swap the low tension coile leads--and you do
need to re-polarize the generator (no big deal, but you need to do it.)

Brent Smith
Atlanta, Georgia
1960 TR3A
1986 XJ6 SIII

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