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Re: Hard starting TR3

To: charles dubois <duboistr3@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Hard starting TR3
From: Bill McLeod <wbmcleod@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 17:13:37 -0700
Cc: Triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net>
References: <20031025190549.19290.qmail@web14810.mail.yahoo.com>
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Bad ground!

charles dubois wrote:

> When I crank the engine by depressing the button on the soleniod, the engine 
>turns freely and powerfully the way it should.   But when I put the key in and 
>hit the starter button on the dash board, the engine barely turns over.  
>Eventually it will start but sometimes I wonder if it will.
> 
> 
>Also the connection from the battery to the soleniod gets so hot that it is 
>impossible to touch.
> 
>Charlie DuBois - 
>Poughkeepsie,NY
>58 TR3 - 31682E




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