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Re: Jump Starting TR3

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Subject: Re: Jump Starting TR3
From: Egil Kvaleberg <egil@kvaleberg.no>
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 10:33:24 GMT
Organization: Siving Egil Kvaleberg AS
References: <19971220024024.AAA21775@mlazye>
On 20 Dec 1997, Mark A. Erickson wrote:

> Step 2. Loosen the four screws on the wiper motor gear box cover and rotate
> the wiper stop switch 180 degrees, this will keep the wiper blades stopping
> in the same position.

This surprises me. Does the TR3 wiper motor have permanent magnet stators?
 
Wiper motors are usually NOT polarity sensitive since they DON'T have 
permanent magnets. 

> P.S. You might want to remove the low tension wires on the coil, rotate the
> coil 180 degrees, and replace the wires in the same relative position.
> (peace of mind thing) 

Make this a compulsory step 5 since it seems this IS required to maintain 
a good quality spark. It DOES matter which way the spark jumps. 
 
> Just think, I received $50 every time that I did this job.

Not before you do step 6: "Flash" the generator. Simple enough to do, but
if you don't do it, there is a good probability that the generator will
not start charging. 

Egil
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