1. Very funny! I must remember to park other classic cars with it over the
winter.
2. Correct! Bad battery it was. I just installed the battery from my
wife's Mustang convertible (which was also winter stored, by itself, in a
different outbuilding) and the TR cranked. My wife will get a surprise,
though,
when she gets back from her business trip and goes to use the Mustang.
3. Lesson learned. Apologies to everyone for wasting your time.
Tim
In a message dated 14/03/2012 9:20:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
anabil007 at comcast.net writes:
Bad Battery ...
On Mar 14, 2012, at 6:09 PM, _spook01 at comcast.net_
(mailto:spook01 at comcast.net) wrote:
I would chalk this up to the known triumph revenge of "leave me in the
winter by myself, I'll get you in the spring, you b--t--d."
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From: _KingsCreekTrees at aol.com_ (mailto:KingsCreekTrees at aol.com)
To: <_triumphs at autox.team.net_ (mailto:triumphs at autox.team.net) >
Subject: [TR] TR3A electrical/starter trouble
Date: Wed, Mar 14, 2012 19:48
Hi Everyone;
I have an early TR3A that, as usual, I have stored for the winter. Today,
I
gave it a full ignition tune-up and changed the negative cable (it's still
positive ground/earth) because it wasn't gripping the battery terminal
tightly enough (upon starting, this was causing a loud click and sudden
absence of ignition light, last year).
While I was at it, I also made sure all connections were fine, including
cleaning up the ground cable, where the coil mounts (it was fine anyway).
Then, I tried to start it: Ignition on, press the button and nothing. The
ignition light dims a bit, no clicking, ammeter shows discharge of, say,
10
amps.
If I try it a few times, I can hear a faint clicking from the
gear-reduction starter.
I re-cleaned the battery connections, gave the starter a couple of good
hits, charged the battery (it was fine anyway). Still the same symptom,
although the clicking from the starter seems a bit louder and more
consistent
(though it's still quiet).
I'm not very good at diagnosing electrical faults, so I wondered if anyone
might have any hints. Much better with mechanical faults. Also, could it
be
a faulty solenoid? I seem to remember that the gear reduction starters
come with an integral solenoid, obviating the one mounted on the
firewall/scuttle. Can I just by-pass it? At the moment, I have a cable
going from the
starter to the solenoid, then one from the solenoid to the battery. I
would
have thought that, as they're both on the same terminal, that it wouldn't
make any difference.
Sorry this is so long...
Tim
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