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Re: hard start

To: <kehrlich@dyax.com>
Subject: Re: hard start
From: "Sumner Weisman" <sweisman@gis.net>
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 11:27:01 -0400
Cc: "Triumphs" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Hello Keith,

I also use the "Moss" method.  It's in their catalog, and It seems to work
well for me, since I don't own a timing light.    That's not my hard
starting problem, though.  I found the problem with some great help from
people on the list.  My jets were stuck and weren't coming down when I
pulled out the choke.  I will be taking them out and cleaning them today. 
When I pulled them down manually, it started right up.  First time in
years!

Thanks for your note.

Sumner Weisman
62 TR-3B

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> From: Keith S. Ehrlich <kehrlich@dyax.com>
> To: sweisman@gis.net
> Subject: hard start
> Date: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 10:32 AM
> 
> Maybe this is entirely unrelated-different car, different carbs,
> different everything, but what the heck....
> 
> Over the weekend, in frustration but in response to someone's insight
> into my poor running Webers on TR6, I advance by timing way out, though
> not nearly all the way to top rpm less 100, but probably close ( this is
> the first I heard of the Moss method, maybe I will give it a try). Well
> it worked wonderfully to solve some rough low RPM running problems I had
> . But the downside seems to be now I can't get the car started very
> easily when cold ( like overnight ) though once warmed up, it starts
> nickely the rest of the day . I don't know the reason this is happening
> but perhaps its related. You might try backing down the timing a little
> each day and see if the start up gets any easier over time-of course
> something else could get sacraficed along the way. I dunno, maybe this
> is totally off the mark-on the other hand if you have any knowledge why
> _my_car became a hard starter on the timing change, let me know.
> 
> Keith Ehrlich
> 74TR6 hard starter

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