[TR] Points Q

Nolan foxtrapper at aceweb.com
Tue Oct 23 07:33:41 MDT 2007


Frequently you will see arcing.

You can fire up safely without coolant.  There's enough thermal mass present 
to handle it.  Don't run it for long that way.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Gillis" <jgillis at tcd.ie>
To: "Triumph List" <triumphs at Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 8:44 AM
Subject: [TR] Points Q


> On preparing to try and start my re-built motor and checking things over
> beforehand, with the points closed and the ignition on, if I manually open
> the
> points, should I see it arcing, i.e a spark?. Also any thoughts on trying 
> the
> very initial start up without coolant in the system?
> Regards
> John, closer and closer
> 1954 TR2


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