Hello listers lurk mode is off. I had wanted this message titled "fire in
the hole" but the Triumph gods were not smiling at me today. I'm trying to
get my freshly rebuilt TR6 engine fired up after a rebuild that took two
years to complete. Anyway here's the scenario. I've got the engine and
transmission, heck the entire driveline installed on my frame. Static timing
set, all precious fluids in place, an oil pressure gauge installed and spark
plugs cleaned and gapped but not installed. I hooked up a battery, made up a
wire for the coil (Lucas "sport" running right off the battery) rigged a
holder for the fuel tank and filled with some gas. Put a jumper wire from
the battery to the solenoid and weeeee starter turning with great fury.
After about 15 seconds oil pressure gauge starts reading. About the same
time oil starts pouring out of the external rocker feed line but thats
another story. For now I just eliminated the line. I then installed the
spark plugs and get ready for the inevitable rush that will soon come. I put
the jumper back on the solenoid and click. Again click, jumper wire starts
getting real hot, ground cable starts smoking. Check connections, clean and
tight. Decide to install jumper cables (from my now running) truck battery
to the TR6 battery still, nothing but click click. Install a second set of
jumper cables from the TR6 battery to the engine block and the starter with
hope that one of my "rigged" temporary cables is just plain not doing the
job. Hooray it turns over.............for about 3 seconds and then click,
starter motor getting REALLY REALLY hot. Notice fuel dripping from the rear
carb (I'll deal with that later at least I know the fuel pump is working).
Decide that a hot starter, me making sparks jumping the solenoid and fuel
are not the best combination so I stop. Here comes the message title, I
noticed smoke coming from the two slots on the trans from behind the bell
housing. Did I say that the starter was getting hot?? Geeze I wasn't
kidding. I know that with the spark plugs NOT installed that the engine is
fairly easy to turn over with them in it is CONSIDERABLY more difficult. The
machine shop that rebuilt my head "cc'd" the chambers to 44 cc's and I did
not "Zero the deck" so I should be around 9.5:1 compression. I also know
that I am not "Hydro locking" the engine as I pulled the spark plugs one
final time and they as well as the combustion chambers were not wet /
soaked with fuel. I guess my next step would be to make sure that I am
getting a full 12 volts to the starter and perhaps coming up with some
better cables. Any words of wisdom or encouragement would be most
appreciated. Down trodden in Pennsylvania Craig
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