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To: michael lunsford <mblunsfordsr@yahoo.com>,
Subject: Re: ZS Carbs
From: James Henningsen <jdhenn@cfl.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 12:09:57 -0500
Mike, thanks for tip and I look forward to seeing you at the show. It 
turns out that the carbs had early non adjustable needles installed. 
Kudos to Dick Taylor for thinking of that one!  Why were they installed? 
Don't know - but everytning else on the carbs matches my original 1975 
3771 carbs exactly except that they have piston/needle assemblies from 
early carbs.  I put my original piston/needle assemblies in and tuned 
per Nelson Riedel's excellent documentation site at the Buckeye Triumph 
web site (Thanks Nelson, I printed the tech pages out for my three ring 
binder!) and she runs great!  Carbs done and ready to rock 'n roll. 
 Next up, decals and hardtop installation.

Thanks to everyone - yet again.  I am soon to be finished and will post 
pictures for everyone when finished.  

Jim Henningsen
Kissimmee, FL
75 TR6 Mimosa Yellow with Hardtop
80 TR7


michael lunsford wrote:

> Jim,
>
> I'm in agreement with the others regarding the likelyhood that you 
> have a vacum leak somewhere.  One place you might not think to look 
> that could be the source of the problem (BTDT) is the brake vacum 
> booster servo.  The diaphram on my booster went bad (30 year old 
> rubber) and I had a hell of a time finding the problem until the leak 
> got so bad that it became obvious.  As you know vacum leaks outside 
> the carbs are easy to find, just use the process of elemination.  Oh 
> yes, don't forget if everything else fails, you could also have a leak 
> at the intake manifold gasket-BTDT.  If you make it to the April 6th 
> All British car show at Lake Island Park in Winter Park look me up.  
> I'll be in a Sapphire blue (early) TR6.
>
> Mike Lunsford, Clearwater, Fl.
> greetings for Easter 
> <$rd_url/welcome/?http://greetings.yahoo.com/browse/Holidays/Easter/> 
> , Passover 
> <$rd_url/welcome/?http://greetings.yahoo.com/browse/Holidays/Passover/> 

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