- 1. YEOUUUUCH!!! Electrical Question (score: 1)
- Author: SJC Worldwide <ssage@socal.rr.com>
- Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2001 13:18:22 -0700
- Messing about with the Tiger's timing yesterday, grabbing the distributor cap to advance timing a bit with the car running, I got a very electrical reminder how much voltage is flowing through the sy
- /html/tigers/2001-08/msg00049.html (8,261 bytes)
- 2. Re: YEOUUUUCH!!! Electrical Question (score: 1)
- Author: "Charlton" <charlton@flash.net>
- Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 18:37:42 -0500
- Run a jumper wire from ground to the blade of a plastic handled screwdriver. Hold the insulated handle and approach the distributor with the blade. I suspect you'll see the spark jump a gap where th
- /html/tigers/2001-08/msg00060.html (9,391 bytes)
- 3. Re: YEOUUUUCH!!! Electrical Question (score: 1)
- Author: SJC Worldwide <ssage@socal.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 20:01:34 -0700
- Hello Duncan: Thanks for the tip. I got a couple of others along the same line (one guy said to be sure to wear rubber shoes!!) and I'm going to try this in the next two or three days. I installed an
- /html/tigers/2001-08/msg00063.html (8,382 bytes)
- 4. Re: YEOUUUUCH!!! Electrical Question (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <tsmit@home.com>
- Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2001 23:09:56 -0600
- Sorry to hear about your illuminating experience. Yes, the rotor spring tab should contact the center contact on the cap - that's how the coil energy gets transferred to the rotor. You might try simp
- /html/tigers/2001-08/msg00074.html (7,607 bytes)
- 5. Re: YEOUUUUCH!!! Electrical Question (score: 1)
- Author: SFordRB@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 13:01:29 EDT
- Try looking at the inside of the cap itself. Check for carbon tracking. I had a TR-4 that lit me up similar to your experience. Rare occurrence but it does happen. DR. Moonstone
- /html/tigers/2001-08/msg00085.html (6,814 bytes)
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