IMO, it's still the battery. If the car has not been started for 3 to 6
mos and you did not disconnect the battery,
the charge in the battery will almost always erode to the point where
there isn't enough reserve to start the car. It will light the lights
and turn the engine once or twice but then it's kaput. Check the fluid
in the battery, top up, clean the terminals and give the battery a deep
24 hour charge. If it still won't go, hook up your every day driver's
battery and try it...bet it starts. Aside from corrosion on grounds,
etc, nothing much is going to happen to your coil or distributor if you
aren't driving the car
On Sat, 8 Mar 2003 10:45:43 -0500 Susan Tucker <sltucker1@earthlink.net>
writes:
> Howdy,
> Long time no speak.
> Quick question. It was finally a nice day here in Kentucky so I
> was going to drive my TR4. Went to start it and it tried to turn
> over two or three times then nothing. The battery is fine. It was
> at half so I put the charger on it. The lights come on and do not
> dim when I turn the key.
> I was wondering if you guys thought it was my ignition coil or
> the
> distributor. The coil clicks a little when I turn the key but that
>
> is all. I checked the connections and they are fine.
> Any ideas?
> Thanks ya'll.
> Susan
> --
>
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