I've gotten several items on my car fixed-up so that it might crank easier.
When I tried it ON mONDAY, the starter fluid caused the engine's rpms to
race out-of-control for 10 seconds. Now I can say that I think the
ignition side of my starting is proably not the problem, I turn to the SU
H6's I rebuilt a year ago (and they have been on a shelf ever since.) Of
course, your's truly rebuilt them like I was told by a manual, with new
needles, gaskets, rubbers, etc. Someone on the list said that the idle
adjustment on them might need helping for an unstarted car. Does anyone
know how I might help them? In the mean time I will hopefully get my engine
running by dribbling in GAS or using a squirt bottle- NO MORE STARTING
FLUID!
Today I hooked up a jumper cable for connecting a 700 amp battery.
Unfortunately, it turned over very slow. I even rotated the distr body
thinking this 'points adjustment' might improve things. But nope, it still
didn't want to 'catch'. Once, for about 5 seconds, it cranked at a normal
turn-over. But most of the time, it would only turn over at a very slow
pace. The positive jumper cable grew very warm at it's grounding location-
why is this?
Tomorrow, I might go out and buy a 700 amp battery as I am tired of
trying to jump it with cables.
Does anyone have any suggestions or answers to my questions?
Thanks,
Paul Dorsey, 60 TR3A
'I've never been under the hood of a running Triumph'
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