So you had a misfire, you drove it hard, the misfire went away and then
with the engine warmed up you pulled the choke and it almost died. If
the misfire went away I don't understand what problem you need solved.
Pulling the choke on a warmed up engine SHOULD make it almost die IMHO.
A choke is there to help start and run a cold engine not speed up a
warmed up engine. You may have been getting a bit of flooding in one or
both carbs and by driving it hard blew some debris through the fuel
system. If it idles and isn't misfiring be happy.
Bud
John Summers wrote:
>
> Ok, got a new distributor cap today to go along with the wires, plugs,
> points & condenser. The gaps are ok. The car will start with the choke
> pulled out. When running, I blip the throttle and it sounds like half
> of the cylinders are misfireing. Tonight was a very nice night for a
> ride so off I went. About 2 miles into the ride I decided to do some
> hard acceleration - just for spite - and when I did there was no
> misfireing! For the rest of the short trip - 5 miles or so I continued
> to roughhouse with it and it ran fine.
> Got home sat in the driveway blipping the throttle trying to get a
> misfire and got none. Then I pulled the choke out and contrary to what
> it is supposed to do - speed up - it about died,,,,misfireing.
> So there you have it. What IS it? And how do I fix it?
> John Summers
> '74 TR 6
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