Re: Stag and elect. ign. questions

[karen hakala & tim hutchisen <hakhutch@domain.elided>]

Henry:
   Same symptoms as I experienced with my 97 Dakota this weekend. I too thought
electrical gremlins were playing a role ( no Lucas installed in Detroit ). It's
been quite moist here in Maine so I dumped a little Dry-Gas in it , waited a
few hours..............
and it started and ran over four minutes for the first time in three days, go
figure.
    Try replenishing the fuel with a little magic elixer aka dry-gas and see
what happens.

Playing devils advocate;
Tim Hutchisen
71 TR-6 CC57787L  Stored till spring
97 Dodge Dakota  Daily driver and salt lick

Henry Frye wrote:

> Greetings all,
>
> Here's my problem. I bought my Stag without hearing it run. I knew there
> was a pretty bad meltdown in the wiring harness. The wiring was worked on,
> but it was obvious the previous owner was unable to do anything here.
>
> I put 12V to the fuel pump, hooked up the disconnected red wire from the
> Lumenition Electronic Ignition module, and the engine fired right up.
> Sounded pretty good too!
>
> All euphoria ended after a couple of minutes, as the engine just quit.
> Acted as if I turned off the key, as the tach dropped right down and the
> engine spun down to a stop. It died exactly like the ignition key was
> turned cut off. After a few minutes, the car starts right up, runs for
> anything from 3 to 10 seconds, and the same thing happens. The engine stops
> firing, the tach immediately drops, and the engine winds down and stops. I
> verified the coil is getting power as the engine stops firing.
>
> This is my first Triumph with electronic ignition. This failure mode sounds
> exactly like what my Dodge truck did as it's electronic ignition was dying.
> How robust is the Lumenition electronic system? How do I test it?
>
> My other thought is the wiring harness. There are lots of melted wires, and
> I have yet to sort things out. What I am thinking is there might be a
> melted wire in the harness that is not totally shorted, but after a few
> minutes of running, the wire heats up, and the short occurs. This elusive
> short somehow kills the engine. This sounds really far fetched to me...
> Comments?
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