Afternoon all,
Well, well, well it is a wonderful sweltering afternoon here in southern
Ontario :-) The saga of the idling carbs continues. I have replaced the
spark plugs and the wire. Much better as I have said before. Turned back
the timing to eliminate the pinging, now after about 30 minutes of driving
there is a slight ping on heavy acceleration.
Went out this morning and decided to feel lucky and jumped in the '3 turned
the ignition on, pressed the starter and with about a 1/8 sec of starter
she came to life :-) Cool, now I know what "FT" means now. But she has a
hard time idling, so give her a little choke, being "cold" and all. Once I
got her out on the road she acted better.
When coming to a stop. if I use no downshift and roll to a stop almost every
time she will sputter and almost stall, if I downshift through the gears,
then almost every time she will idle on her own at the stop. Running with a
bit of choke helps the idle, which indicates to me that she is still running
a little lean. I need to check the plugs when I get home.
If I miss the first firing from the 1/8 sec of starting, she won't start for
a while no matter how much cranking or choke. I checked the throttle shaft
when she is warmed up and it is snug, no movement whatsoever.
On the upside, running at 60mph, I put my foot to the floor and wow, I get
shot back into the seat and before I know it I am doing 85mph, cool :-D
Question: am I still on the right track here?
Thanks to all that have helped so far, I think I am getting closer to
ideal....
David Templeton
'59 Triumph TR3a
'74 Triumph Spitfire
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