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RE: Spark No Spark GT 6

To: "Triumph List" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: Spark No Spark GT 6
From: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 21:33:51 -0700
> I have a new coil that says no external resistor is to be used so
> I removed
> the ballast resistor.  I get a spark off the lead out of the coil (to the
> distributor) when I open the points by hand or rotate the engine by hand.
> When I crank the engine, no spark occurs until I let go of the
> key, and then
> I get a substantial spark.  Any ideas or suggestions?

I'm not sure exactly what this part of the circuit looks like on a GT 6, but
I'll bet it's got something to do with the contact on the starter solenoid
that normally shorts out the ballast resistor while cranking.  Try just
pulling the wire off the solenoid, and see if that makes a difference.

Randall

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