Mark,
I think you may be correct about meeting the spirit of the law at the time
these cars were built. I have been considering the likely temperature of
air being sensed under various operating conditions. Here in Seattle, I
wonder if the valves will open very often.
Gary
'73
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Anderton" <andertonm@cox.net>
To: "Gary Fluke" <res0s0t7@verizon.net>; "TR6 list" <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: Temp. compensators
> Makes you wonder if Zenith stuck these things on there to meet the spirit
of
> the laws in place at the time. For the life of me, I can't see this
little
> piece of junk doing any precise varying of the mixture. Probably seemed
> like a good idea at the time...
>
> Mark Anderton
> 72 TR6
> Virginia Beach
> http://members.cox.net/andertonm/car_stuff.html
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Fluke" <res0s0t7@verizon.net>
> To: "TR6 list" <6pack@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 3:06 AM
> Subject: Temp. compensators
>
>
> > Listers,
> >
> > I received my new carb air temperature compensators and have followed
the
> > calibration instructions kindly posted at the Buckeye Triumph site.
> Recently,
> > one of our fellow listers commented that he gave up on the compensators
> > because the valves would stick and/or not close all the way. One of
mine
> > sticks and neither of them closes all the way. I sprayed them with a
> teflon
> > bearing lubricant and probably wasted a perfectly good prayer before
> putting
> > the covers back on.
> >
> > I wonder if others have found their valves to have the same problems.
For
> > what its worth, the bags they came in say "Zenith" on them. I'm going
to
> > install the little $53/ea wonders while I'm at this job, but I feel more
> like
> > I'm playing witch doctor than mechanic.
> >
> >
> > Gary
> > '73
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