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Mark,
Back in the 60's when I was running TR-4's and 4A's we used to carry a
small bundle of those little black and white "pigtail wires" wrapped
together and thrown into the glove box so you could just jump out and
connect a new one!!!! Only failed once in about 7 years of running TR-s
back then. However, I forgot about that ......and on my way back from the
VTR convention in Breckenridge, CO back a few years ago...my TR-3A just
quit running around Center Colorado. I stupidly spent hours on the side of
the road before it dawned on me that the connector on the end of that
stupid pigtail had failed. I just put a new connector on and a miracle
happened!!!! That was back in 2014 and the car made it all the way home to
New Mexico and still has my "fix" installed and has not failed again. Hope
that you are staying safe up there in the land of Zion.
Pete Gerity
On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 9:11 PM Mark J Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com> wrote:
> Good luck tracking it down. Intermittent ignition problems can be quite
> frustrating. I remember finding and fixing a problem when I was working
> at Bailey's, and it was quite by accident. It was one of Dr. Hoopes
> cars, a Healey. Ran fine 98% of the time, would sometimes sputter,
> miss, and stall out. I was fussing with it, had it idling smoothly, and
> while fussing with the carbs the screwdriver in one of my hands touched
> the wire between the coil and distributor. Instant stumble. Yep, car
> ran fine, wiggle that wire and it would quit. Fix was easy, just put
> together a new wire with good connectors on each end and no more problem.
>
> mjb.
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Mark,<div><br></div><div>Back in the 60's when I was r=
unning TR-4's and 4A's we used to carry a small bundle of those lit=
tle black and white "pigtail wires" wrapped together and thrown=
=C2=A0into the glove box so you could just jump out and connect a new one!!=
!! Only failed=C2=A0once in about 7 years of running TR-s back then. Howeve=
r, I forgot about that ......and on my way back from the VTR convention in =
Breckenridge, CO back a few years ago...my TR-3A just quit running around C=
enter Colorado. I stupidly spent hours on the side of the road before it da=
wned on me that the connector on the end of that stupid pigtail had failed.=
I just put a new connector on and a miracle happened!!!! That was back in =
2014 and the car made it all the way home to New Mexico and still has my &q=
uot;fix" installed and has not failed again. Hope that you are staying=
safe up there=C2=A0in the land=C2=A0of Zion.</div><div>Pete Gerity</div></=
div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On=
Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 9:11 PM Mark J Bradakis <<a href=3D"mailto:mark@br=
adakis.com">mark@bradakis.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"=
gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border=
-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Good=
luck tracking it down.=C2=A0 Intermittent ignition problems can be quite <=
br>
frustrating.=C2=A0 I remember finding and fixing a problem when I was worki=
ng <br>
at Bailey's, and it was quite by accident.=C2=A0 It was one of Dr. Hoop=
es <br>
cars, a Healey.=C2=A0 Ran fine 98% of the time, would sometimes sputter, <b=
r>
miss, and stall out.=C2=A0 I was fussing with it, had it idling smoothly, a=
nd <br>
while fussing with the carbs the screwdriver in one of my hands touched <br=
>
the wire between the coil and distributor.=C2=A0 Instant stumble.=C2=A0 Yep=
, car <br>
ran fine, wiggle that wire and it would quit.=C2=A0 Fix was easy, just put =
<br>
together a new wire with good connectors on each end and no more problem.<b=
r>
<br>
mjb.<br>
<br>
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