Don't know what Jim concluded, but his symptoms almost exactly
mirror mine, in the end I found two (2) bad plug wires and a bad
coil ... I have replaced the wires with Magnecor and in that process
I found the coil to be "strange" that is, the new Magnecor coil
wire just slipped into the hole ... no "thump" of a connection. I
took a good look at the old coil wire and found that the connector
had be spread open almost 1/4 inch and solder was on the end.
I showed the coil to Wayne Bier at Triumphs Only and he said he
had never seen one quite like it ... while it said Lucas on the
top it was obvious comparing it to a new "lucas" coil that the
hole was much larger.
I have been suffering from a severe case of diarrhea and have not
installed the new coil yet, but I am hoping that it will solve
the problem ... all good thoughts appreciated ... X;{
> Jim--What conclusion did you reach?
>
>Dick
>
>From: jfarris@troy.edu(Jim Farris) Subject: Rough Running Update
>
>Car acted like the choke was stuck on - it was not. Checked the carb
>sync, CO, and air to fuel, all good, the front carb was a little rich.
>Compression was pretty much unchanged from last check. Front three
>sparkplugs were trash, back three looked pretty good - about 1,500 miles
>on the plugs.
>Cleaned and regapped and the car runs fine. Purchased new plugs today.
>Old Chinese Proverb Says "Mostry Carburetor Probrems are Erecteral"
--
Bill Pugh
1957 TR3 TS16765L
aka
Casper
1970 TR6 CC59179L
aka
Rosey
Wallace, CA
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