She lives 'AGAIN'

[V8 Rumbler]

As you guys are aware I overcame my recent misfire eventually.

The Stag was running really well I took advantage of the one dry day last week to do the 25 miles round trip to a tyre place so that they could swap the tyres over to some different alloys that I picked up. When I got home I put her away, I returned to her after a few minutes turned on the ignition and the warning lights ie oil/ign & handbrake were really dim. She would tum over at the normal speed but she was clicking asif not enough power was getting through and wouldn't start.

I was ready to throw the towel in- I clearly had a major power drain or a bad earth but I couldn't find it. In addition the indicators were not working.

I called in a recommended auto electrician- With the ignition on there was only 2volts on the positive side of the coil and we then had a little smoke in the cabin.

The problem was the new Lucas coil that I fitted 2 weeks ago had a 100% earth ie its casing was connected to the terminals internally. This was causing the wiring inside the car to get rather warm!!!!

Anyway put the old coil back on and she started 1st time

Darren

[DJT]

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Hi Darren,

Glad you got it sorted. Hope you didn't get the coil from Peter..................

Dave

[V8 Rumbler]

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DJT wrote:

Hi Darren,

Glad you got it sorted. Hope you didn't get the coil from Peter..................

Dave

No Not from Peter- The auto electrician had never known of a coil to do that- lets hope it isn't a batch problem. So the old coil is back in place and I am mobile once again. There was a small show in Plymouth at the weekend that I obviously couldn't go to in the stag, but I did pop along and see Vernon and Andy. Roll on Torbay on the 27th

Darren

[grahamb]

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when you change a part it is very annoying to have a problem, especially as you must have had a reason to change it in the first place? Glad you have it sorted.