KLUTZ
Luke Skywalker
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Well, I got the call last night; my TR7 was ready for pick up and running, "Better then ever." following my last thread, it ended up that my electronic ignition had fizzled out, thus, getting no spark of course. Well, my specialist got a Pertronix in from the States and installed it. Shortly after... it too died. He managed to locate one of the same kinds that was on it previously, close by this time, that was used as a tester. He spent six hours with the car trying to find the short causing the module to fry. He finally found the reason, fixed it and installed the replacement. He told me where the short was, but I forgot. I was too happy to hear it running again to listen. Well, I drove it for a couple hours last night. Stopped quite a few times, and it started up right away each time. I parked in the driveway over night, got up this morning, washed, waxed, did the windows, and got in to take it for a nice summer drive with the sunroof off.
WELL... it would not go. Same symptoms as before. I couldn't see a spark from the plug, figured Elect. Ign. again.
I spent two hours with it until I gave up.. slamed the hood, wanted to kick it, but resisted. I had my son help push it into the garage to let is sit for the weekend.
I just couldn't get it out of my mind, so out to the garage I went. I took out the plug again and looked for a spark. Guess what... You can see a spark a lot easier in a dark garage then in the sunshine /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif
I then remembered that I told him not to re-attatch the choke cables since I was replacing it. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazyeyes.gif I opened the chokes on both Carbs manually, got in the car, turned the key.... And you all know what happened. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif Brought it to work tonight, ran like a charm.
Next time I will not jump to conclusions, and look for the simple things first.
Paul
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OH, by the way; What do you buy your mechanic for Christmas who spends 6+ hours on your car, Replaces ignition system, sets timing... And sends you on your way for $250.00 ? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif
WELL... it would not go. Same symptoms as before. I couldn't see a spark from the plug, figured Elect. Ign. again.
I spent two hours with it until I gave up.. slamed the hood, wanted to kick it, but resisted. I had my son help push it into the garage to let is sit for the weekend.
I just couldn't get it out of my mind, so out to the garage I went. I took out the plug again and looked for a spark. Guess what... You can see a spark a lot easier in a dark garage then in the sunshine /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif
I then remembered that I told him not to re-attatch the choke cables since I was replacing it. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazyeyes.gif I opened the chokes on both Carbs manually, got in the car, turned the key.... And you all know what happened. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif Brought it to work tonight, ran like a charm.
Next time I will not jump to conclusions, and look for the simple things first.
Paul
/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif
OH, by the way; What do you buy your mechanic for Christmas who spends 6+ hours on your car, Replaces ignition system, sets timing... And sends you on your way for $250.00 ? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif