Bob Lang wrote:
>
> On Mon, 9 Mar 1998 jbonina@nectech.com wrote:
>
> > While staring (and dreaming) at the engine compartment of the TR6 this
> > weekend, I noticed that the ignition coil was held on (?) by two bolts
> > that did not go entirely into the holes they were designed to go into.
> > The heads of the bolts were about 1/2" away from being torqued
> > completed down. The bolts appeared much newer that the surrounding
> > hardware and I assume the DPO put new ones in there that weren't the
> > correct size or length; maybe even screwed up the threads. The coil is
> > just blowin'in the breeze!
>
> I've seen this before...
>
> > Does anyone out there know what the size (including length and thread
> > count) of these two bolts should be? If the threads are 'screwed up',
> > is it just a matter of re-tapping the threads?
>
> The bolts to the block are either 5/15 or 3/8 bolts, and they are short -
> like 1 inch, maybe even a 1/2 inch long. And they are fine threads, as you
> should expect.
>
> If you pull them out and the threads in the block are buggered, you can
> probably run a tap of the proper dimension into the block and clean up
> the threads.
>
> The holes don't extend into the engine internals, so cleaning up the
> holes should be a pretty benign excercise.
>
> If the threads in the block are hopeless, you can always remount the coil
> on the inner fender well... some folks recommend this as a better method
> of mounting the coil than the stock method anyway. If you do mount the
> coil on the fender well, be careful that the coil remains more or less
> vertical. I've heard (this is heresay) that tipping the coil on its side
> increases the likelyhood of coil failure. You don't want that.
>
> > As always folks, thank A BUNCH!
>
> Yer welcome.
>
> >
> > Jeff
> > '73 TR6 in Mass (USA)
> > 3 weeks from driving for the first time
>
> You mean you haven't driven it yet this year? ;-)
>
> I haven't driven mine either. I need to replace my clutch T/O bearing
> (this weekend, hopefully), but the weather has made the thought of taking
> a spin a prevalent thought over my way. Heck, they've even swept the sand
> and salt up off the street around my way already. This is way early, I
> might add!
>
> Driving around this weekend, I saw TR250 driving on the road in
> Springfield, MA and a Spitfire in my home town... time to get the TR on
> the road!
>
> later,
> rml
>
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Bob, on the TR8 the coil is horizontal, also I think so on the Jag, and
on my son's Sentra.
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