Bruce,
I just came onto this thread. Can you give us a summary of what's happened
up to this point?
Glen
;-)
----- Original Message -----
From: <Eganb@aol.com>
To: <Triumphs@autox.team.net>; <british-cars@autox.team.net>;
<tr8@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 6:51 PM
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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