> Subject: spark jump
>
> List,
> I am having trouble getting the 3 running right.
> The car runs good for about one or two miles then it starts to skip real bad.
> I changed plugs, cap, rotor and wires and it did the same thing.
> I am running the fireball electronic ignition.
> When I ran my hand over the wires I got zapped, then I placed an insulated
>pair of pliers around the area where the wires come out of the cap and on the
>lower two wires spark jumped to the pliers.
> I put the old cap and wires on and it did the same thing, again on the lower
>two wires only and right next to the cap where the wire comes out.
> I have a new Pertronix that I purchased from TRF and that wouldn't even fire
>the car, I got really fed up with that thing and changed it back to the
>Fireball, luckily I didn't remove the entire Fireball from the car so it was
>an easy refit and the car fired right up.
> BUT, I don't know what is causing the spark jump out of the wires.
> Any thoughts???
> It almost seems like there is too much voltage and it's going everywhere, I
>can almost hear it sparking......
Sorry I forgot to say who I am.
Tony Cascio
58 TR3A
TS27093L
allegrorover@mac.com
www.triumphowners.com/1489
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