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Re: pity the poor mechanical idiot

To: ataylor@mail.hrca.harvard.edu, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: pity the poor mechanical idiot
From: ZoboHerald@aol.com
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 17:38:28 EST
In a message dated 10/26/2003 10:36:04 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
ataylor@mail.hrca.harvard.edu writes:

> I replaced spark plugs in my '62 TR4 about a month or so ago (they were in 
> the glove box when I got the car last Oct) and then the distributor cap and 
> wires just last week to complete my attempt at a (unnecessary?) tune-up. 
>There 
> is an electronic (Petronix?) ignition so points and coil weren't replaced. 
> It started running rough right after that, but was fine once it got on the 
> road for a bit. But yesterday, it got so bad that it seems to be running on 
>only 
> three cylinders...

It's a long shot, to be sure, but is there any chance you mixed up the firing 
order?

--Andy Mace




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