[For those that Scott just added to the west coast list a brief recap is
in order. Ins hsort, I have a 1980 TR8 (w/ fuel injection) that is suffering
from intermittent ignition cuts outs.]
Well, I spent Sunday tearing apart the low-tension part of the ignition
system, and didn't find anything obviously wrong. All the wires and
connections checked out, but there was lots of dirt inside the distributer.
I cleaned it all out, put it back together, and now it works even worse than
when I started...
I'm becoming convinced that the pick-up in the distributer is at fault, so
after several recomendations I'm going to rip the whole thing out and put
an optical ignition in. I should have by this weekend, so I'll let you know
what happens.
I do have some questions for the more electronically minded of you. The TR8
has a whopping big ignition capicator, which really surprised me. I thought
ignition capacitors were used to prevent the electricity from arcing between
the contacts when the point opened. What's it used for in an electronic
ignition, where there isn't a mechanical switch? (Mine is pretty coroded,
so it could be at fault.) I noticed a large resistor in the distributer;
Lucas didn't use a RC timing circuit in the ignition, did they? Mostly
just curiosity; anyone know the answer?
-Thanks for all of the very helpful advice,
Barry
barry@sybase.com
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