Andy & listers,
I disagree!!
My experience with several TR3s is that if the engine is strong, tuned
correctly, choke adjusted properly, the carburetor float bowls aren't
leaking, and the fuel pump is working; the car will start easily! after just
a few seconds the choke can be pushed back in aways and the idle will smooth
right out and the car is ready to drive off. Sometimes it is necessary to
pull the choke a bit as the engine picks up the load of the car, but it
should run just fine. After it is warm, a touch of the starter button and it
should start instantly without any choke or throttle!! My '58 that I sold in
December ran just that way.
If your TR doesn't run like that, I believe there is a problem somewhere.
Jim Bauder
'68 TR250 (under restoration!)
Scottsdale, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of ZoboHerald@aol.com
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 1:20 PM
To: fpgowash@cox.net; triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Starting cold
In a message dated 4/16/2005 2:48:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
fpgowash@cox.net writes:
My car (1958 TR3A) takes several tries at full choke to start after sitting
for a day or longer.
Then it takes a while to warm up....5 minutes or so. This is even when the
outside temp is above 50 deg F.
After driving it always starts fairly quick.
I don't recall this type of problem back in the days when I was a kid and
having a car 3-4 years old!
Is this normal for this car?
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Fran, you've pretty much described what I remember from the late 1960s on
in
almost every Triumph I ever had...from Herald to Spitfire to GT6 to TR3A
(and
a few Volvo 140 series cars as well). And it's pretty much exactly how my
Herald behaves today. Essentially, it's normal.
--Andy Mace
*Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's more your, er,
Triumph Herald engine with wings.
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