[TR] TR6 Low Rev Miss

[MMoore8425 at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/30/2008 11:49:34 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
TR250Driver at aol.com writes:

Hi  Gang,
Weekend warrior here.  I am still fighting this low rev miss in  the  TR6.  
Perhaps I was a little hasty to think that the Dizzy  was crap as was  my 
thought 
last weekend.  You know after 28  years of Triumphs on the road  one would 
think I should be able to  defeat this but NO I am really  stumped.  I have 
gone 
thru the  full route of fault diagnosis by part  substitution with no 
positive  
effect. Wires, cap, rotor and  then  latest was a new point set  & condenser. 
 
You know what that got  me?  No  spark!  Really I had to put the old points 
back 
in for spark.   The condenser does not appear to be playing any role.  That  
really  stumps me.  Are there bad point sets out  there?
Another symptom perhaps related is that every now and then I only  get  a 
click when I turn the key.  I was thinking that the  starter was going bad  
and I 
have another one on order but I wonder  if that is an indication of  another 
fault? Battery cables etc are  real clean.
Darrell




Darrell, for what its worth, I had this same problem on my 63 Jag. I was so  
frustrated I borrowed a complete
ignition set (HT harness, distributor, coil) from a friends and installed  it 
in my car. It ran perfectly. I then started swapping my parts back in.  
Here's what I found:
 
1. Coil-my brand new coil was defesctive. I replaced it with a Hi  Voltage 
coil.
 
2. Plug wires-my plug ends were arcing to ground. I replaced all theplastic  
plug ends and carefully oriented the plastic plug ends so they weren't  close 
to ground.
 
3. My locally "rebuilt" distributor performed poorly.I sent it to ASNG  
Barratt (jaguar) and exchanged it for a fabulously rebuilt Lucas dizzy.
 
also,I would be cautious with any new rotor. Theonly good ones I have found  
come from the Distributor Doctor in the UK.
 
 
Best, Mike Moore 



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