HI Kai,
Sounds like you may have a high resistance joint somewhere around the
ballast resistor connections.
Check all your connections to the ballast resistor. If you have a meter, do
a quick resistance check of the ballast resistor (I think from memory it
should be about 1 - 1.5 Ohms).
Just to confirm the ballast resistor is the problem, place a short across
the two terminal of the resistor. This will prove whether the problem is in
the ballast resistor or elsewhere in the wiring.
Hope this helps :)
Cheers
Bernard
'71 2500 PI
'73 TR6 PI
At 19:04 22/06/00 -0400, you wrote:
>The seasonal running issues with the TR-6 have begun!
>
>Today's wonderful problem is that the car will start with the key in the III
>position, and as soon as the key is released into the II position the car
>shuts off. However, by passing the ballast resister and heading straight
>from the positive battery terminal the positive terminal of the coil allows
>the car to run fine.
>
>The weird thing is that I am getting 11.50-11.95V to the coil from the
>positive lead from the harness, if I reconnect this while running under the
>bypass lead (battery direct to coil), and then remove the bypass lead (still
>while running).... it stalls.
>
>Note: it made it home under it's own power before this problem arose, but
>the family member who was driving it had mentioned momentary losses of all
>power while at speed... with the power promptly resuming after a few
>seconds.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks,
>
>--
>Kai M. Radicke -- kmr@pil.net
>1966 MGB -- 1974 Triumph TR-6
>http://www.pil.net/~felix (pix soon)
>
>
>
Regards
Bernard Robbins
NEC New Zealand Ltd
Network Solutions
P.O. Box 1936
Wellington
Ph (04) 381 6274
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email brobbins@wlg.nec.co.nz
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