Frequently you will see arcing.
You can fire up safely without coolant. There's enough thermal mass present
to handle it. Don't run it for long that way.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Gillis" <jgillis@tcd.ie>
To: "Triumph List" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 8:44 AM
Subject: [TR] Points Q
> On preparing to try and start my re-built motor and checking things over
> beforehand, with the points closed and the ignition on, if I manually open
> the
> points, should I see it arcing, i.e a spark?. Also any thoughts on trying
> the
> very initial start up without coolant in the system?
> Regards
> John, closer and closer
> 1954 TR2
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