[TR] oil pressure 40-50?

[Craig]

How many YEARS did it take you to wirer the car


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From: "dorpaul" <dorpaul at bellsouth.net>
To: "list Triumph" <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 12:10 AM
Subject: [TR] oil pressure 40-50?


>I stated my car today for the first time in several years.  The engine has
> been rebuilt by professionals.  Doug Mathews and myself installed it.  I 
> knew
> it would work cause I had ran it several years ago (since the rebuild),
> however, the car had not been wired at that time.  Now the wiring is 
> nearly
> complete, and, the engine runs too!  I'm on a winning streak!!
>
> The oil pressure stayed at about 50 at the beginning, but after about 10
> minutes of running it started to move to around 40.  I don't remember what 
> is
> preferred for a newly run-in engine.  I had added about 2 quarts of some 
> kind
> of oil additive because a flaps salesman gave me a 'good pitch' about it's
> benifits.  It was proably synthetic.  I'm so gulable!
>
> I decided not to go ahead at this time and buy a battery just yet, as I 
> have
> 3-4  months worth of work before the car is roadworthy.  I put my truck's
> battery in the Tr3 to start it.  If I had known how the starter solenoid 
> is
> properly wired to the key switch, I would have cranked it with a key.  I 
> think
> my switch is bad.   Instead, I did it the way I've been warned about: by
> manually 'jumping-out' the 2 big lugs on the starter solenoid.  It's not a
> stock solenoid.  Tomorrow I'll try to make it so that it will start from 
> the
> console.
> Thanks, Paul Dorsey  60 TR3A
>
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