Thanks. I found the spade connectors you spoke of. They seem tight.
But it also looks like the DPO may have gotten a little "creative."
Dale VanCleef
'73 TR6 - CF985U
---SCCA - 337056
emanteno@comcast.net wrote:
>
>
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: Dale VanCleef <dalevancleef@verizon.net>
>
> > Yesterday it was beautiful here in NW Indiana. I drove my '73
> TR6 for
> > about 10 or 15 minutes. It started right up and was running great.
> > Everything was working fine. I stopped off at home to get my debit
> > card so I could fill the tank. When I came out of the house and
> turned
> > the key, NOTHING.
>
> If your 73 is like my 74, then the positive cable to the battery
> has a series of spade connectors on it, to which are connected a
> series of heavy wires. These wires power the entire car. When my
> car was new, one of those wires was loose. Most of the time, my
> car started and ran perfectly. Twice, the car quit with no
> warning. The second time, I started looking for an answer, and
> found the loose connector. That problem has now been solved for 31
> years. Hope yours is something that simple.
>
> Irv Korey
>
> 74 TR6 CF22767U
>
> Highland Park, IL
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