Peter,
After reading the thread of answers to your concerns, my suggestion would
be to make whatever changes you feel necessary to insure peace of mind. It
does sound like a pre-oiler would be preferable to simply turning over the
engin until the oil pressure rises. At least that way you would avoid the
effects of excess gas on the engine.
Just the opinion of a mechanically challenges TR6 owner.
Ed
At 01:40 PM 4/20/98 -0600, you wrote:
>
>I recently posted a question to the list about the benefits of allowing
>engine oil pressure to build before actually firing up the engine vs.
>letting it build up once the engine is actually started. Thanks to the
>responses of several list members, I am now convinced this is a
>desirable action and I thus wish to be able to (easily) control it.
>
>I would therefore like to add the following modification to my TR6's
>wiring and am seeking the wisdom of the list to point out any potential
>errors in my assumptions.
>
>In order to allow the starter to turn the engine but avoid starting it
>(especially now with the Ignitor installed ;-} ), I wish to add an
>in-car switch to control power to the coil. Since I have the Lucas sport
>coil hooked up to the white terminal of my fusebox already, my plan
>involves simply running this wire from the fusebox to a switch in the
>car and then from the switch out to the coil. When the switch is "on"
>the coil gets power, when "off" the coil gets no power but the starter
>will still turn the engine.
>
>So a few questions come to mind...
>
>1. Is the setup as described appropriate or am I really missing
>something and greatly oversimplifying the problem?
>
>2. What type of switch is best to use? I have considered a spring loaded
>push button switch which is normally "on" and goes to "off" when the
>button is pressed. That way the default behavior is "normal" but if I
>want to cut power to the coil I just press the button and crank away
>until my oil pres. gauge shows pressure.
>
>Alternatively I could use a toggle or rocker switch and possibly use the
>switch as a simple theft prevention device (although I realize this is
>not foolproof).
>
>3. What should the ratings of the switch be? Any minimum current? I
>assume 12 volt is adequate. Any other ratings to consider?
>
>4. Any other words of wisdom from anyone on the list about this topic?
>
>Looking forward to opinions/experiences. Greatly appreciated, as always.
>
>Peter Zaborski
>76 TR6 (CF58310 UO)
>Calgary AB Canada
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