[TR] Was TR3A electrical/starter trouble, now NEVER MIND!

[KingsCreekTrees at aol.com]

1. Very funny! I must remember to park other  classic cars with it over the 
winter.
2. Correct! Bad battery it was. I just installed  the battery from my 
wife's Mustang convertible (which was also winter stored, by  itself, in a 
different outbuilding) and the TR cranked. My wife will get a  surprise, though, 
when she gets back from her business trip and goes to use the  Mustang.
3. Lesson learned. Apologies to everyone for  wasting your time.
 
Tim
 
In a message dated 14/03/2012 9:20:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
anabil007 at comcast.net writes:

Bad  Battery ...  

On Mar 14, 2012, at 6:09 PM, _spook01 at comcast.net_ 
(mailto:spook01 at comcast.net)  wrote:



I would chalk this up to the known triumph revenge of "leave me in the  
winter by myself, I'll get you in the spring, you b--t--d."

Sent from  my Verizon Wireless Phone

----- Reply message -----
From: _KingsCreekTrees at aol.com_ (mailto:KingsCreekTrees at aol.com) 
To:  <_triumphs at autox.team.net_ (mailto:triumphs at autox.team.net) >
Subject:  [TR] TR3A electrical/starter trouble
Date: Wed, Mar 14, 2012  19:48








Hi Everyone;

I have an early TR3A that, as usual, I have  stored for the winter. Today, 
I 
gave it a full ignition tune-up and  changed the negative cable (it's still 
positive ground/earth) because it  wasn't gripping the battery terminal 
tightly  enough (upon  starting, this was causing a loud click and sudden 
absence of  ignition light, last year).

While I was at it, I also made sure  all connections were fine, including  
cleaning up the ground cable,  where the coil mounts (it was fine  anyway).

Then, I tried to  start it: Ignition on, press the button and nothing. The  
ignition  light dims a bit, no clicking, ammeter shows discharge of, say, 
10  
amps. 

If I try it a few times, I can hear a faint clicking  from the  
gear-reduction starter.

I re-cleaned the battery  connections, gave the starter a couple of good  
hits, charged the  battery (it was fine anyway). Still the same symptom, 
although  the  clicking from the starter seems a bit louder and more 
consistent 
(though  it's still quiet).

I'm not very good at diagnosing electrical  faults, so I wondered if anyone 
 
might have any hints. Much better  with mechanical faults. Also, could it 
be 
a faulty solenoid? I seem to  remember that the gear reduction starters 
come  with an integral  solenoid, obviating the one mounted on the 
firewall/scuttle.  Can I  just by-pass it? At the moment, I have a cable 
going from the 
starter to  the solenoid, then one from the solenoid to the battery. I 
would  
have thought  that, as they're both on the same terminal, that it  wouldn't 
make any  difference.

Sorry this is so  long...

Tim

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Bill Pugh
Wallace, CA  
Casper
1957 TR3
TS16665L
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