New to Forum recent 1985 Tasmin owner Help!

[Motomorrelli]

New here, active on many other specific furums. Nice to be here. Recently picked up a 6 cylinder Tasmin 1984.. I guess that would be a 280i anyway she turns over but no spark. Where does the big round plug go to? Is there an ignition relay? If so which one? Where would one find printed or CD manual.

Edited by Motomorrelli on Wednesday 12th April 16:04

[KKson]

Hi welcome to the Wedge forum. The only real manual for Wedges was written by Steve Heath. They are not in print but regularly come up on ebay. The manual includes a full set of wiring diagrams, although several people have posted up extracts in the past. The other option is to buy a selection of manuals from the various donor cars. For the 280i I'm assuming Capri 2.8i for engine, it's Cortina mk 4 front suspension, Granada mk2 front brakes, Jaguar XJS/XJ6 diff and inboard brakes but with Granada hubs.

[taximan480]

Hi
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I do know from experience that if you search the forum posts here you will probably find the wiring diagram and you will get as much help as possible from the members here
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[J400GED]

Motomorrelli said:

New here, active on many other specific furums. Nice to be here. Recently picked up a 6 cylinder Tasmin 1984.. I guess that would be a 280i anyway she turns over but no spark. Where does the big round plug go to? Is there an ignition relay? If so which one? Where would one find printed or CD manual.

Edited by Motomorrelli on Wednesday 12th April 16:04

A picture of the "big round plug" to which you refer would be very helpful.

[v8s4me]

If you PM me I'll can send you a .pdf of the 280i "all black" wiring diagram which you can take to your local printers and have enlarged onto A1 or A3.

[hrepo]

Amazon occasionally has the wedge bible in stock. I got it a year ago, but at the moment there are only few around and they want £100 for it.
Searching for "tvr wedge maintenance" on Amazon UK should allow You to find the book.

Let's hope SH reprints it again and the price becomes manageable.

That said, I found that for neither of my wedges was there any wiring diagram I could trust to be found in the bible. Still handy to have around, but I'd not swear on it.

[Wedg1e]

Sounds like the connector for the electronic ignition, front left of engine bay?

[PV7998]

Sometimes the Steve Heath book can pop up on this page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tvrbuysellswap/

[mrsshpub]

hrepo said:

Amazon occasionally has the wedge bible in stock. I got it a year ago, but at the moment there are only few around and they want £100 for it.
Searching for "tvr wedge maintenance" on Amazon UK should allow You to find the book.

Let's hope SH reprints it again and the price becomes manageable.

That said, I found that for neither of my wedges was there any wiring diagram I could trust to be found in the bible. Still handy to have around, but I'd not swear on it.

All Steve Heath's TVR books are still in print & available to buy direct from Steve. Despite rumours to the contrary, they've never been out of print.

Edited by mrsshpub on Friday 5th May 15:48

[mrzigazaga]

Wedg1e said:

Sounds like the connector for the electronic ignition, front left of engine bay?

Definitely....a square box on the inner wing...Is yours missing...if so they are not easy to get..
You can just see mine in my old 280i in front of the header tank.

[adam quantrill]

Apart from the SH "bible", thje other thing worth obtaining is the parts manual, which has a lot of "exploded diagrams", although not many words, but you know what they say, a picture is worth a thousand words....

It shows how things come apart, but not necessarily how they go back together!

Another source of information is the forum itself, if you follow the "Welcome to the Wedge Forum" article above there's an FAQ Technical articles link, with the pick of many good stories posted up about solving common problems.

for some reason the Wiki function disappeared when we moved to this new format a couple of weeks ago.

Edited by adam quantrill on Sunday 7th May 11:58

[gmw9666]

mrsshpub said:

All Steve Heath's TVR books are still in print & available to buy direct from Steve. Despite rumours to the contrary, they've never been out of print.

Edited by mrsshpub on Friday 5th May 15:48

Hello MrsSH :-) How is MrSH these days......been a long old while since we've seen him on here

[mrsshpub]

gmw9666 said:

Hello MrsSH :-) How is MrSH these days......been a long old while since we've seen him on here

He's fine, thanks - enjoying his retirement

[GV]

Yes - welcome to the Ferum....lol