congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 7:10 PM
Subject: [TR] Engine
> Hello, everyone.
>
> Tried starting the TR3A (three year restoration, engine hadn't started
> since
> 1975). Cranked without the plugs for a minute. Reattached the plugs.
> Cranked the engine a few times, no spark. Checked the breaker points;
> seemed
> way too tight, so spread and gapped to .015. Cranked again, and
> ...voooooom.
> Idled nice at 1400 with the choke out, so let it continue for twenty
> minutes.
> Oil pressure shot up to 70 pounds and stayed there, unless I gassed it to
> 18
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