I was having poor running when hot before I adjusted the valves. This is
really weird. 3 and 4 fire 180 out of phase from each other. It runs when
out of phase and won't when right. I am getting good spark on all the
wires. When its running its only running on 3 and 4 as I can remove all the
rest of the wires and it make no difference.
Jim Altman jaltman@altlaw.com Illigitimi non Carborundum
http://www.altlaw.com/metro/jaltman.html 69-TR6#CC28754L W4UCK
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael D. Porter [mailto:mdporter@rt66.com]
Sent: Saturday, October 10, 1998 5:47 PM
To: Jim Altman
Subject: Re: TR6: Extreme frustration
jaltman@altlaw.com wrote:
>
> Thanks all for your quick replies. I had 1 correct. I rechecked
everything.
> I took the valve cover back off and recheck all the valves. Checked all
the
> plugs, rewired it all, hopped in and it started! Ran like crap but it
> started. Quick check of timing and it was close.
> BUT LOOK wires to 3 and 4 are reversed! Cut it off, switch 'em, won't
start!
> Switch em back, starts right up. 1-5-3-6-2-4 going counterclockwise -
won't
> run.
Check the inside of the cap for cracks and carbon-tracking, and if you
have an ohmmeter, check the plug wire resistances. You might have a
combination of problems related to ignition, say, one or more of the
plug wires is acting up after being removed (old wire and broken inside
perhaps). If you don't find anything in the ignition, I would do a
compression check, just to make sure nothing's amiss with the valves. I
may have missed an earlier post, but was the valve adjustment just
routine maintenance, or were you having problems before that?
Cheers, Jim.
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