[TR] no fire in the hole-'71 tr6

Bryan Loy paradise.712002 at yahoo.com
Sat Feb 28 16:16:08 MST 2009


Many thanks.  Consider me electronically challenged please, where do I start
to look after checking for corrosion on the fuses?  Coil?

--- On Sat, 2/28/09, Michael Porter <mdporter at dfn.com> wrote:


From: Michael Porter <mdporter at dfn.com>
Subject: Re: [TR] no fire in the hole-'71 tr6
To: "Bryan Loy" <paradise.712002 at yahoo.com>
Date: Saturday, February 28, 2009, 5:04 PM


Bryan Loy wrote:
> After an extended hiatus from driving the 6, I found today that I had no
fire.  Battery is good, starter is turning the engine, but getting no spark. 
I converted to electronic ignition when I rebuilt the engine 6-7 years ago. 
What is the life span of these systems?  What would be my recommended course
of action?  Thanks in advance,
>   


The first and obvious thing to check after the car's been sitting for a long
while is make sure there's voltage at the input to the ignition system.  If
not, it could simply be corrosion on a fuse connection, or a wire chewed
through by a rodent, etc.

There's no sensible reason why the electronic ignition should fail when the
car is stored, unless high humidity, etc., might cause some internal
corrosion.  After all, without current passing through it, it's just a hunk of
stuff.  If it's not disturbed in any way, storage shouldn't affect it at all.



Cheers.

--

Michael Porter
Roswell, NM


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