Did you change the wires while you were at it? BTW, according to Fred, it's
not cold at all.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete & Aprille Chadwell" <pandachadwell@mac.com>
To: "Triumphs Mailing List" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 5:57 PM
Subject: The saga continues (TR6 ignition, etc.)
> Yeesh. Well, the car will still start. Sort of. Maybe I jumped the
> gun (wouldn't be the first time) on reinstalling the Allison
> electronic ignition stuff. I'm glad it doesn't take very long to go
> back and forth!
>
> So, as I reported earlier, the TR6 started right away with the new
> cap and rotor. However, I did notice right off the bat that it
> didn't run very well. Had a bad misfire. I tried blipping the
> throttle and the engine responded by rocking violently, but without
> accelerating at all. But I kind of wrote that off, since I hadn't
> really fine-tuned the points gap/dwell angle yet. I had just set the
> points gap at .015" and went with it. At the time, I just wanted to
> prove that it would run on the points, but of course I learned that
> it wouldn't even run on the points until I changed the cap and rotor.
> I expected it to run better on the XR700, which has no points gap to
> screw things up. Anyway, after posting my last message I went back
> out and swapped the XR700 system back in and started her up. It took
> just a few cranks before it started, but again it was running pretty
> poorly. It's been sitting for nearly 5 weeks now, so I wanted to let
> it get warm before I jumped to any more conclusions. After a few
> minutes I broke out the timing light and adjusted the timing. Then,
> as I was fiddling with the locking bolt on the distributor clamp, the
> engine died abruptly. I scratched my head, finished tightening the
> bolt, then turned the key again, and it started right up. But again,
> after not even 1 minute, it died abruptly. I let it sit for a couple
> of minutes, then tried it again. And again it started up, but in a
> very short time it began stammering, then died.
>
> Well, something is still amiss. And this is just so unusual for this
> car
> for all intents and purposes it runs like a top and has run that
> way for 13 years. I fully expected it to start right up and run like
> it always has after changing that cap and rotor. And this other
> issue with the short in the purple circuit is the first serious
> LUCAS-like electrical trouble I've ever had. I still haven't even
> gotten around to hunting down that short.
>
> I guess I'll need to pull all the plugs and scope them out. And, I
> guess maybe I oughtta try to get it to run WELL on the points and
> condenser again before I switch back to the XR700. Maybe the XR700
> unit really HAS gone south, but intermittently?
>
> Once again, I must emphasize that the car was running ABSOLUTELY FINE
> on December 30 until it died all at once. This is the first time
> it's run since that day. And again, at that same time I discovered
> some sort of problem with the purple wire circuit, as the fuse was
> blown. I know the purple circuit has no connection to the ignition
> circuit, but it's sure weird that it all happened at once!
>
> Anybody have any suggestions? I can't afford to lose any more hair!
>
> And one more thing
> why does it have to be so COLD out there?!
>
> --
> Pete Chadwell
> 1973 TR6
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