Hello,
A friend of mine hasn't been able to start his TR8 for the past few weeks, and we're stumped. I haven't played witness to all of this, but this is what he's explained to me.
He recently installed a new ignition coil, new Crane pointless ignition, and a new Holley carburettor to replace his old one. The car ran fine, so he drove it in a British car driving event and had no problems. Several days later, while in his garage, he decided that his car might be running a bit too rich, so he adjusted the richness screw, and the car stalled. Figuring that he had done something wrong, he then turned the screw back to where it was before, and he hasn't been able to start the car since.
Figuring that he probably had the carburettor setting back to where it was when it was running fine, he began trying other things to rememdy the problem. Here's what he has done so far.
He verified that he is getting fuel to the cylinders.
He installed a new distributor cap and ignition wires purchased from TRF.
He verified that he is getting spark at the plug end.
He has apparently checked the timing by cranking the engine while using a strobe to verify the timing hasn't changed.
I'm wondering if he may have misadjusted his carburettor while fiddling with it, but he claims that it is back to its original setting. Do any of you have any other idea's??
Thanks for anything.....
Scooter
A friend of mine hasn't been able to start his TR8 for the past few weeks, and we're stumped. I haven't played witness to all of this, but this is what he's explained to me.
He recently installed a new ignition coil, new Crane pointless ignition, and a new Holley carburettor to replace his old one. The car ran fine, so he drove it in a British car driving event and had no problems. Several days later, while in his garage, he decided that his car might be running a bit too rich, so he adjusted the richness screw, and the car stalled. Figuring that he had done something wrong, he then turned the screw back to where it was before, and he hasn't been able to start the car since.
Figuring that he probably had the carburettor setting back to where it was when it was running fine, he began trying other things to rememdy the problem. Here's what he has done so far.
He verified that he is getting fuel to the cylinders.
He installed a new distributor cap and ignition wires purchased from TRF.
He verified that he is getting spark at the plug end.
He has apparently checked the timing by cranking the engine while using a strobe to verify the timing hasn't changed.
I'm wondering if he may have misadjusted his carburettor while fiddling with it, but he claims that it is back to its original setting. Do any of you have any other idea's??
Thanks for anything.....
Scooter