[TR] Winter driving

[Peter]

In its first years, my TR4 sat outside all the time, including some -20
degree winter nights. After a couple of unsuccessful attempts at a really
cold start, I thought it might  be better if the engine could spin faster.
So I pulled two of the spark plugs, and it started on two cylinders. It was
pretty lumpy, but it ran. I gave it about 30 seconds, then put in the third
plug and ran it another 30 seconds. I put in the fourth plug and was good to
go, without grinding the battery flat. The last time I had to do that was in
1966.

 

On mounting hood badges, I discovered that the pins on my TR4 badge are the
about the same diameter as a 4-40 machine screw, so I ran a 4-40 die down
the pins and mounted the badge with two nuts and washers. Rigid, vibration
free and removable.

 

Pete Fullamm