Joe:
Try replacing your coil and the wire that between the coil and the dis. I
would put a fuel filter in the line before the fuel pump.
Bob Kamholtz
ECOD
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Donovan <jdonovan@mediaone.net>
To: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, October 29, 1999 19:14
Subject: TRavails
>
>I'm not without sympathy for the guy who has had rear end problems with his
>TR but as a consequence has been disabled for the first time in 10 years
and
>70K miles. On the other hand, I've had my TR-6 since May and have been
>"unable to limp home" three times in about 1000 miles. Which experience is
>more typical of the breed, I wonder?
>
>The problem seems to be either ignition or fuel related. The first time
it
>simply stopped running completely on a crowded highway with no warning.
>Mechanic replaced electronic ignition with old-fashioned ignition. Then it
>began to intermittently cut out, but only when hot. This has progressed
to
>a point where I turn the key, the car starts for an instant, then dies. I
>replaced the rotor, distributor cap and wires, to no avail.
>
>Any suggestions would be welcome. Probably won't actually fix it until
>next spring.
>
>While all this was going on, I drove up from RI to MA on the interstate at
>night in my RAV4 and was passed at very high speed by a red TR-6. My
heart
>sank as if I had seen my first love in an embrace. If these cars were
>reliable, they would be worth their weight in gold!
>
>Joe Donovan
>'73 TR-6 "The Beast"
>
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