Scott
many years ago I knew someone who had a similar problem with his
Spitfire. He asked me to check it for him and I found that the pin that
connects the driving dog to the action shaft was broken. This may not
be what is wrong with yours ( I don't even know if the TR6 has the same
features) but its worth checking.
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Cheers
Brian Johnson (UK)
1963 TR4 AFP 503A (UK) / IZS 733(USA) - CT27216-L (now not L but O )
1954 TR2 46 BHX TS554-O UK Car in pieces
1989 Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0 GLI - Eurobox but it goes !
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scott suhring wrote:
>
> Brian:
>
> You are the only one currently responding to my follow up post
> so I hope you don't mind me turning back to you.
>
> Here is what I believe is going on.
>
> I checked the rotor by cranking the ignition and it turned
> counter clockwise. I never noticed that when I turned the
> engine by hand to check points I was actually turning it
> in the wrong direction...one leason learned today.
>
> Put all back and still couldn't get it to fully turn over.
> Almost but not quite. Went back and checked the rotor
> and turned the ignition and the rotor didin't turn. Re-checked
> the base of the distributor to make sure siting flush
> against the clamping plate. Loosened clamping pate and
> reset the distributor (BTW, does it matter the position
> of the rotor when engaging the drive dog? You can put it into
> the slots so the rotor is either way, being 180 degrees from
> the previous position of the drive dog going in the slot. I
> have tried it in both positions just to be safe).
>
> What appears to be happening after a few tries of this cycle
> is the drive dog is slipping up out of the slots. I beleive this
> because on some tries the rotor turned fine and then I'd try again
> and it wouldn't turn. If I try turning the rotor by hand it just
> spins freely. If I put downward preasure while turning the
> rotor it will then match the slots and engage, at which point
> it won't turn by hand. Try cranking the ignition and it spins
> correctly but go back and try again it diesn't spin.
>
> Seems to me again, that the drive dog is somehow disengaging
> from the slots, thus not getting any spark to the compression
> chamber to turn the engine over???
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Scott Suhring
> Elizabethtown, PA
> '70 TR6
>
> Power British Performance Parts, Inc. wrote:
>
> > Scott,
> >
> > Could it be that the drive dog wasn't quite engaged fully after you checked
>it? Be sure the
> > base of the distributor is fully home against the pinch bolt clamp with no
>gap in between.
> >
> > If all checks out there, leave the cap off the distributor, reach inside
>and crank the
> > engine with the key. Watch the rotor. It should spin counterclockwise
>when viewed from
> > above. I just checked one I have on the shelf and the arrow does point in
>the
> > counterclockwise direction, but that's no guarantee your's is the same.
>The simple check is
> > to watch it for counterclockwise rotation.
> >
> > If that all works, look at the connections on the coil. You should have a
>white/black
> > tracer from the dist to the coil negative terminal and a solid white from
>the harness to the
> > coil positive. If all of that wiring is correct, remove the white wire
>from the coil
> > positive and run a jumper directly from the battery positive to the coil
>positive and try to
> > start the car (use alligator clips for the jumper and attempt to start it
>immediately after
> > hooking the jumper wire - if left on for a few minutes, it can burn out the
>coil).
> >
> > Should the car run fine with the jumper but not with the white wire from
>the harness, then
> > you need to trace it back to the ignition switch. Under the dash near the
>key there is a
> > bundle of a few white wires sticking out of the harness about 3". They are
>all pigtailed
> > together. That is the origin of the white wire that runs to the coil.
>Perhaps you have a
> > short somewhere in there.
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Brian Schlorff '61 TR-4 '64 TR-4 '72 TR-6 '79 Spit
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