I seem to recall that there was some sort of control module that was mounted
on or close to the engine that later was moved to the firewall to avoid the
heat that ruined them. There may be something on the VTR Site about this.
Maybe someone who know a lot more about TR 7's can add to list thought.
JVV
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Massey" <105671.471@compuserve.com>
To: <SDOliner@aol.com>
Cc: <triumphs@autox.team.net>; <cfchrist@earthlink.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 8:26 AM
Subject: TR7 that will not start
> Message text written by INTERNET:SDOliner@aol.com
> >it's not my car! it has spark at coil and plugs, new plugs, it has fuel,
> compression, pirahanna ignition, the carbs are free and not siezed and
> diaphrams
> are ok, new fuel lines, fresh oil change, new slave and clutch master,
> rebuilt
> calipers, and the car refuses to start! it cranks, a cylinder fires evry
> so
> often and then nothing for a while then intermittently fires again and the
> battery is dead! i need to finish this car and make it want to go back
> to
> it's
> owner! 5 speed convertible that belongs to it's original owner. he want's
> to
> drive it! and i just want it to run! post that to the TR list and see
> what
> comes back! and i have tried starting fluid too!
> i'm at wit's end with this thing! it just refuses to run!
> <
>
> Dave, my first impulse is that the cap is defective. BTDT. Have him
check
> the timing. If the cap is carbon tracked the timing marks will be
> ambiguous and although he has spark at the plugs it may not be there at
the
> right time.
>
> While he's at it, has he checked the cam timing? The chain may have
jumped
> a few teeth and the the whole process is goofed up.
>
> Otherwise we can cross post this to the TR7/8 list and get to a larger
> audience of wedge owners.
>
> Good luck
>
> Dave Massey
> 57 TR3
> 71 TR6
> 80 TR8
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