Guess what happened today? Got the TR 6 started and went for a drive.
Got about four miles out and it quietly shut down at a stop light .
So, I and a nice TREE SURGEON pushed it across the street and he took a
look under the hood. I cranked and he looked. He saw the problem
immediatly. The wire to/from the positive side of the coil had no
insulation for about 8" and in the harness down along the wheel well
there was a "hole" in the wrapping where the same wire had burnt
through.
According to him the exposed wire was arcing. Said any time I feel like
the thing is missing on a cylinder it was probably the exposed wire
against the spark plug wire. It was coughing quite a bit. I happened
to have some handy-dandy electrical tape and we taped up the offending
wire and jump started me to get started since
the battery has been discharging - like, everyday - also. Could it be
from that wire shorting on something?? Anyway, I got home and will take
a closer look at the situation Monday.
John Summers
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