Thanks for heads up.. I am sure we have all experienced similar
non-functioning nozzles and in fact many stations have now made them
inoperative by taking out the "catch".
A suggestion - the short drain tube dumps the water into the cavity of the
rear wing. Splashing or running along that inner wings. I added a section
of hose to mine to make it long enough to just barely be above the bottom
edge of the sheet metal. That way the liquid completely leaves the area
without contacting the metal.
Carl
-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Goulet [mailto:jgoulet@thomsontechnology.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 4:36 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Gasoline Overflow
Last Friday, as I was filling my TR3A with fuel for a weekend drive to
Whistler, the driver of the car on the other side of the pump started a chat
about "cars". During the chat I looked down at the gas nozzle in the TR
filler and saw a full stream of gasoline running from the full tank across
the short distance of car body and into the trunk. The nozzle's automatic
overflow shutoff failed! I then released the trigger, pulled the nozzle out
and placed it back into the pump. My immediate thought was that I had
stinky fuel in my trunk, soaking into my backpack and folded soft top. What
I didn't notice until the station attendant came out with a bucket of kitty
litter was that there was a growing puddle of fuel under my TR. VERY SCARY.
We pushed the car forward to avoid any kind of spark even though the engine
wasn't running.
Fortunately, the little drain tubes at the bottom corners of the trunk lid
gutters were intact and safely drained the fuel through the trunk to the
ground below. I wiped the gasoline residue in the trunk gutter and from
the car body so there was no smell. I wanted to share this as a little
reminder to check these little tubes once in while for safety sake.
Jerry Goulet
1960 TR3A
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