Bob:
If you have fuel running from the line when removed and turn over
the engine, then you would have fuel in the float bowl and
no priming is needed. If your 6 has the original fuel pump,
this has a hand primer at the base that allows you to prime the
line/bowls without turning over the engine. If the pistons
move freely (i.e. when you lift them in the chamber and release,
they drop to the floor of the chamber with a slight "thud"),
then the needles are moving freely. You may want to clean the
jets in the float chamber since you didn't mention if you
had rebuilt or cleaned up the carbs since it was last driven.
I would also run through your ignition system just to be safe
since most all starting/running problems are electrical and
not the carbs.
Scott Suhring
Elizabethtown, PA
'70 TR6
'59 TR3
bob@bob.mclaughlin.name wrote:
>
> I have a 1970 TR6 that I'm trying to start for the first
> time in about 2 years. I've changed fluids, turned the
> engine by hand, oiled the dash pots, etc.
>
> Now comes the moment of truth. I have gasoline at the
> carbs, as evidenced by removing the fuel line and cranking
> once. I also have spark as I can "start" the engine with
> starting ether, but only till the ether wears off.
>
> Now the question: Do the carbs need to be primed? If so,
> how is that accomplished? Could the needles be stuck? The
> carb floats move smoothly....
>
> Any suggestions, o learned ones?
>
> Bob
>
> **soon to be 1970 TR6**
> **well, maybe not so soon**
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