Charlie,
Sounds like a spark problem. I had a similar problem a few years back with my
TR3A. I had just replaced the vacuum advance pipe and after a few weeks, every
time I accelerated or the engine was on a heavy load, it would cut out. Turned
out to be a broken wire in the distributor which caries the juice from the coil
to the points. The new found advance was pulling the wire from its soldered
connection. I am not to familiar with 6's but if the distributor is similar I
would check it out.
Bob Labuz
1958 TR3A
1974 T140V
Charlie Frazer wrote:
> The weather's turned nice and the TR6 is running great.
> I take it out to do a few errands.
> Just after starting up on the way home, I notice some hesitation as I drive
> across the parking lot. Is it still cold?
> As I pull away from a stop sign I notice a new and unfamiliar hesitation.
> In the next few block the car begins to run extremely ragged and my goal is
> simply to get home and figure out the problem.
> In the next few blocks the car dies when RPMs get low, ie, at stop lights.
> I try to keep the revs up by inching the choke out a bit.
> I get a few horrendous backfires, a sputtering engine that dies and refuses
> to restart.
> Fortunately, my son is at home to tow the car the last mile.
> I suspect a fuel problem and will clean the pump and filter.
> I have a nearly new battery and no reason to suspect electrical problems.
> Any other ideas?
> Many thanks for suggestions.
> Charlie Frazer
> cfrazer@oregon.uoregon.edu
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