Don Clarke writes
>Yesterday I was driving back from lunch in my 72 TR6 when it died. After
>coasting to a parking lot and prodding around under the hood I determined that
>I was getting spark from the coil, but none was going through distributor cap
>to the spark plugs. The short story is that the rotor was bad, despite the
>fact that it looked fine!
Reminds me of a "date" I took my wife on (before we were married) to
get some ice cream in a neighboring town and go for a ride I my TR3.
We got the ice cream, but on the way back, the TR died (quite suddenly
and without even sputtering) in the middle of nowhere on a hill in the
Maine woods. Now I don't know how much time any of you have spent in
the Maine woods in late Spring or early Summer, but this is prime bug
territory, and they all want to drink blood.
My wife had brought a blanket with her (a habit she still has when
going out in a TR), and she immediately ducked under it to save
herself from being drained dry. Being a typical male, I toughed it
out for a while, foolishly thinking that it might start again if I
only wait a little longer.
Of course, it never did start spontaneously, and I ended up calling a
friend for a tow back to my house. Although I suspected the coil, and
I tried putting 3 other coils in the car to test my theory, it wasn't
until I replaced the rotor that the car finally started. I now (also)
keep a spare in the car at all times, and if it ever "just stops"
again, that will be the first thing that will get replaced.
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