brgrmyster
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Folks,
Finished a two year restoration on a 1976 TR6, and here's where I stand (likely easy solution to a dumb question!):
Engine spins nicely, but car won't start (not even a sputter suggesting electrical). Last night I put a meter on the + side of the coil with IGN on, and found 12 volts. Tonight, I'll isolate the distributor by pulling off the high tension lead and running a plug wire from the coil to the block with an old plug installed, have wife crank it over, and look for a spark. If no spark - coil problem? If a good spark, distributor / points problem? How do I determine that I've not grounded the points somehow? Plus, where precisely should the condensor lead be on the points? On the spring beneath the nylon insulator, or above the insulator on the post? Duh...
Thanks much men and women!
Jeff
Finished a two year restoration on a 1976 TR6, and here's where I stand (likely easy solution to a dumb question!):
Engine spins nicely, but car won't start (not even a sputter suggesting electrical). Last night I put a meter on the + side of the coil with IGN on, and found 12 volts. Tonight, I'll isolate the distributor by pulling off the high tension lead and running a plug wire from the coil to the block with an old plug installed, have wife crank it over, and look for a spark. If no spark - coil problem? If a good spark, distributor / points problem? How do I determine that I've not grounded the points somehow? Plus, where precisely should the condensor lead be on the points? On the spring beneath the nylon insulator, or above the insulator on the post? Duh...
Thanks much men and women!
Jeff