I took the TR3 on a freeway run down to Santa Cruz the other day. When I
went to start it to go home the car would not start. After some
troubleshooting it was determined that a bushing on the distributor had
disintegrated. The shaft had too much wobble to open the points.
Luckily I was at "The Engine Room" when it happened and an employee had a
spare distributor that he loaned me.
So it looks like part of my problems getting the engine to run properly
was a distributor bushing going out causing erratic timing and spark
intensity.
One of the mechanics made a quick check on my DCOEs and determined that
the idle circuits were not working properly on three of the four barrels.
I guess this is one of the hazards of letting a car sit with fuel in the
carbs. It evaporates leaving behind a varnish to plug things up.
I looked in the Weber book and it looks like I can check & clean the idle
and progression paths without disassembling the carbs. The jets will
also come out easily to clean.
SO now if it will ever stop raining my immediate to do list is:
- clean idle & progression paths & jets in the DCOEs
- remove grill, check electric fan to find out why it stopped working.
While grill is off tighten connections to the oil cooler to stop oil
weeping at the connections
- get my rebuilt distributor back and reinstall it.
- clean the spark plugs.
Bit by bit The project from hell continues....
TeriAnn Wakeman If you send me direct mail, please
Santa Cruz, California start the subject line with TW -
twakeman@cruzers.com I will be sure to read the message
http://www.cruzers.com/~twakeman
"How can life grant us the boon of living..unless we dare"
Amelia Earhart 1898-1937
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