If you turn the key and the oil and generator lights come on and stay on
while you push the starter button, then the key switch is not at fault.
If they go on and off when you wiggle the key, then it is.
Otherwise, you could have a problem with the starter button or the
starter solenoid. You can checking the button by just jumping a wire
across the back. If it works, then the button is at fault, if it doesn't
then the solenoid is at fault. The button on my TR3 is fairly simple
and open, you can probably fix it. I don't know about the solenoid, I
never tried.
Bill Bryant wrote:
>Well folks,
>I'm not sure which is the culprit, the Ignition switch or the starter
>button...
>
>About half the time when I go to start the tr3b, I get nothing at all...no
>click, no connection....
>Sooo, I hold the starter button down and jiggle the key around and voila,
>normally....
>Only problem is that it is happening more often.
>Can I rebuild either of these?
>
>
>
>
>
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George Richardson
1957 Triumph TR3 - TS15559L http://www.key-men.com/triumph
1975 Triumph TR6 - Undergoing restoration
1972 Triumph Stag - Daily Driver
Key Men: Keys for Classics - http://www.key-men.com
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