[6pack] I think my coil died

[lfm614 at aol.com]

I have seen that happen when the fuel vent line / separator is plugged from over filling and the carbs draw a vacuum on the tank.  Open the gas cap and see if it will run. If it does, blow out the vent line from the charcoal canister back to the tank with low pressure air. 

Lou
72 Pimento
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From: Henri Lefebvre <75teer6 at gmail.com>
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Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:45:06 
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Subject: Re: [6pack] I think my coil died

John,

A friend was describing  similar symptoms with his TR6 this weekend.
In his case the fuel line was almost completely plugged.
When the car was cooling, the fuel would slowly refill the line, fuel
filter and fuel pump then start and run for a while. As soon as he
would push it hard to accelerate it would stumble then die. Cool down,
start all over. Just a thought in case it might be a fuel issue!

Henri

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 8:37 PM, John Mitchell <jmitch at snet.net> wrote:
>   I took the TR6 out for gas and it ran great until the engine got hot.
>  Then it stalled and all attempts to restart failed, although it sounded
> like it wanted to catch.  I got towed home and a few hours later, it
started
> right up, but died once it got hot.  Does that sound like a bad coil?  I
> have an NOS Lucas HP6 coil and was wondering if I can use that.  My car is
> 76 with ballast resistor.  Can I use a 6 volt coil, or do I need a special
> 12 volt coil?  Thanks very much,  John Mitchell   76 TR6   72 Stag
>
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Henri
75 TR6, triple webers

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