Bruce,
I am going to foward a little trick my california biker friends have but on the
brit iron list. What the triumph, bsa and norton bikers do is mix a bit of
alcohol with the gas. Easy to do on a bike not so easy on a car. I am not to
sure
of the ratios. What they do is add about 25% alcohol, i think and run it so it
gets to the carbs. They then go to wherever to get it checked. WHen it passes,
the go home and empty the gas/alcohol mixture and re-fill with just gas. They
claim it works every time. Maybe a listener has the correct ratio. So far in NY
I
dont have to deal with that problem yet either for my car or bike.
Bob Labuz
1958 TR3A
1974 T140V
Eganb@aol.com wrote:
> Well, the good news is my newly-reassembled TR7 passed the safety inspection
> today. The bad news is that it flunked the emissions test.
>
> I need a 2% CO reading, and mine was 3.14%.
>
> So, now I need to strategize on how to fix this. Here are my thoughts, so
> chime in with your comments:
>
> 1. They do the emission test at idle. I'm missing the vacuum retard unit on
> my dizzy, so the timing was probably at 10degrees BTDC, but with the vacuum
> unit it would be less. I have a new dizzy and vacuum unit showing up
> shortly. Think that will help?
>
> 2. I can try leaning out the Stromberg-Zenith carb mixtures.
>
> 3. I have the water-temp controlled automatic choke on my carbs. The
> electrical wires that go into the choke are broken off, so whatever they were
> suppose to do, ain't happening. Maybe the solution here is to go for the
> test in the afternoon when it is warmer?
>
> 4. I'm pretty sure the air pump doesn't do much of anything anymore. I have
> another one, but am not sure what condition it is in. Would that make much
> of a difference?
>
> 5. Finally, I'm going to double check the North Carolina emission standards
> just to make sure a car this old has to pass that level of CO.
>
> Any other ideas, as always, much appreciated.
>
> later!
>
> Bruce
> 1980 Inca Yellow TR7 Convertible
> Chapel Hill, NC
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