Why bother to purge the oil out of the line to the gauge? It isn't going to
hurt anything. It'll just get compressed and transmit the pressure behind
it.
Cheers and good luck, "Bob".
> From: Eganb@aol.com
> Reply-To: Eganb@aol.com
> Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 18:51:00 EST
> To: Triumphs@autox.team.net, british-cars@autox.team.net,
> tr8@mercury.lcs.mit.edu
> Subject: TR7 BFH#40
>
> We (LBC owners) are the champions, of the world!!!....
>
> There is absolutely nothing as sweet right now as the sound of a TR coming
> back to life once again. Yep, we got it to start, and it settled into a
> throaty purr almost immediately. To be honest, I was thinking I would never
> hear that sound again...
>
> I can't even begin to describe the problem with the dizzy. For one thing, I
> did have it backwards. So, turning it around was no big deal. But the way
> the wires went into the cap continued to be a complete mystery. When the
> crank/cam/rotor were all lined up, it pointed to last intake manifold bolt
> AND the spark plug lead that went to #4 cylinder. Turning the cap 180 didn't
> help, then it pointed to #2, I think....
>
> So I figured, that's ok, I'm just not understanding something. I'll time the
> engine with the #1 lead -- maybe the timing is just way off. I took out the
> plugs and managed to get the strobe to work by just cranking the engine. I
> couldn't use a test light across the points because I have the Lucas
> electronic ignition. But the strobe didn't pick up any sign of the timing
> mark anywhere near 10 degrees BTDC. Again, right #1 lead, but it went to the
> wrong place on the cap.
>
> Then, on a hunch, I hooked up the strobe to the spark plug lead that the
> rotor pointed to when crank/cam/rotor/manifold bolt were lined up. Bingo.
> The strobe picked up the timing mark on the crank immediately. A little
> tweaking and I hit 10 degrees BTDC right on.
>
> So, what the heck, I took off the wires, rearranged them in 1-3-4-2 order on
> the cap, and gave it a shot. The engine started IMMEDIATELY.
>
> Again, I swear to the TR7 gods I didn't change the leads around on the cap,
> but either I did or the previous owner had some bizarre setup, maybe with the
> distributor turned 180, that worked.
>
> I only ran the engine for about thirty seconds, then shut it down. My handy
> dandy $14 oil pressure gauge got up to 50 lbs. pressure. There is still has
> some air in line for the gauge, so maybe if I purge it the pressure will be
> higher, but is that in the ball park for idling?
>
> And anything else I should check before I run it for 25 minutes tomorrow,
> then change the oil?
>
> And more on thanking all of you later for helping me this far.
>
>
> Bruce
> 1980 Inca Yellow TR7 5-speed convertible
> Chapel Hill, NC
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