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Re: First TR3a ride of the season, hmmm...

To: "Triumphs" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: First TR3a ride of the season, hmmm...
From: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 17:42:52 -0400
References: <200404240131.i3O1VGlH026761@vectorsvc.wl.opentext.com>
>        On the way home the first 20 minutes of the drive went really
> nice, temp right on 185degF.  Then the engine started to sputter you could
> hear the air being sucked in when pressing the gas but the power still
> dropped.  As the power dropped, I shift down to raise the rpm and try ride
> through it.  No luck it ends up dying.  Thinking of flooding once it is
> dead, I hold the pedal to open the carbs and let out the gas.  She then
> starts and let me go a little further before doing it again.
> David Templeton

Dave, did you swap out the old winter gas for fresh?  Any chance got some
water in there?  Sometimes too it's a good idea to periodically fish a long
magnet into your fuel tank just to see what it comes up with.

Terry Smith
'59 TR3A





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