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Re: Fw: Difficult Starting

To: "R. John Lye" <rjl6n@virginia.edu>
Subject: Re: Fw: Difficult Starting
From: "Sumner Weisman" <sweisman@gis.net>
Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 17:31:59 -0400
Cc: "Triumphs" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Thanks, John.   I'll be checking tomorrow to see that the jets come all the
way down.  That could very well be the problem.

Sumner

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> From: R. John Lye <rjl6n@virginia.edu>
> To: sweisman@gis.net
> Subject: Re: Fw: Difficult Starting
> Date: Saturday, May 23, 1998 9:38 AM
> 
> Hi Sumner,
>      You said:
> 
> >First, what I meant about wishing the TR-3 having a real choke was that
> >most cars have a 'butterfly" that literally "chokes" off some of the air
at
> >the mouth of the carb, giving a richer mixture.  Correct me if I'm wrong
> >but as far as I can see, all this one does is give it more gas. 
> 
> No, the TR-3 choke pulls the jet down which gives you a richer
> mixture - or this is what its supposed to do.  The SU choke is
> actually a better way to do it, in my opinion since you get the
> richer mixture but can still pull air through the carb.  Maybe 
> your linkage is misadjusted, and the choke isn't richening the 
> mixture.
> 
> good luck,
> 
> John Lye
> rjl6n@Virginia.edu

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