On Wed, 18 Jun 1997, Zink wrote:
> Mark J Bradakis wrote:
> >
> > [BOUNCE triumphs@Autox.Team.Net: Non-member submission from
> > ["Damian Penney" <dpenney@ftpoint.com>]]
> >
> > Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 14:42:03 -0700
> > From: "Damian Penney" <dpenney@ftpoint.com>
> > Subject: Dead car
> >
> > Well my nice TR6 died last night.... I was just driving around when
> > all of
> > a sudden I lost all power the engine ticked over for a while and then
> > just
> > died. I had virtually no gas so maybe something got stuck in the fuel
> > line,
> > but filling up didn't help. The car turns over fine, splutters
> > occasionally
> > but never catches What would be the symptoms of piston rings blowing,
> > lost
> > compression etc etc..
> >
> > Damian Penney
> > Developer
> > Fort Point Partners
> >
> > 612 Howard Street, Suite 300
> > San Francisco, CA 94105
> > http://www.fortpt.com
> >
> > P: 415.882.4291
> > F: 415.882.4246
> > E: dpenney@fortpt.com
> Damian,
> You don't mention if you ckd your fuel pump? Is it still pumping fuel
> at a good steady stream od just dribbeling out? Or neither one.
> If it's not getting any fuel (ck by removing the tank side fuel line)
> try using compressed air and blowing thru the line toward the tank, You
> may have rust scale blocking the fuel inlet at the tank. JMHO
>
> Larry Zink
> 1964 Spitfire4
> Been there, done that
>
Or maybe just give the fuel pump a few good taps. That's one thing these
cars are notorious for.
Jim Ruwaldt
'72 TR6 CC79338U(being restored)
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