Yep, Jeff...I agree with some of the other guys that the fault is more than
likely in your ballast resistor. I have had this problem with my Tiger before
and, upon inspection, found one of the two wires going to the resistor loose
inside it's terminal. I tightened it up and have not had the problem since.
I also had a good friend who had this same thing happen to him on his Tiger
while we were at the Texas Shelby Meet back in the '80s. As it turned out, his
ballast resistor had gone bad and shorted out inside. He got the car home by
connecting the two wires together and bypassing the resistor. It'll run like
that, but it will fry the points in the distributor fairly quickly.
Best of luck,
Andy Walker
Edmond, OK
B382001600LRXFE
TAC #740
---- Jeff Holt <jeff.holt7@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey guys. Again I come to drink at the well.
>
> I live in Northern Utah and it's still pretty cold here but I pulled the Tiger
> out, charged the battery and fired it up. Fires up great then immediately
> quits. Fired it up and immediately quits.
>
> The starter miter gas always had a hard time disengaging after the start
> anyway, which I need to fix, (some kind of rewiring issue needed) but as I
> start it, the engine sounds great, for Agee seconds as long as I have the
> starter motor engaged. Quits immediately when it's on it's own,
>
> After a few tries, I see a steam out of a heater hose fitting.
>
> Immediately rolled it back into the garage worried about oil and coolant.
> Haven't had time to run through a check list. Would love to have some thoughts
> and ideas on what that check list should look like.
>
> Thanks ahead of time
> Jeff Holt
> Huntsville, UT
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