Paul Burr's suggestion that a bad ignition condenser was the cause of my
stalling / hard starting problem was right on the mark. Thanks Paul and
all others who offered suggestions, and chalk up another one to the
collective wisdom of this list.
Rod. '70 TR6 CC55899L
At 17:16 15/06/97 +0100, you wrote:
>Rodney Orr wrote:
>>
>> Got 1 block yesterday on my way to a local club's British car show when my
>> TR6 stalled. It eventually re-started after lots of cranking and choke,
>> but stumbled badly and stalled again. Full throttle barely gets 1000-2000
>> rpm then suddenly clears out and runs OK for seconds to several minutes
>> before stalling again. Obviously its getting some fuel -
>>
>Rodney; If the fuel is pumping OK, the first item to replace would be
>the ignition condensor. My Tiger did the same trick last year, would
>start fine, die randomly, not run good, and it would go away after the
>car cooled down. It's a cheap fix, and easy to replace.
>
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