Guys,
The TR4 took me to the side of the road, Route 30 in OHIO, coming home from
the TRA National Meeting in Ft Wayne, Indiana. In fact I was there
several times. Out in the middle of no where on a Sunday. She would run for
a
half mile or so and then slowly die. First I tried to trouble shoot
electrics with no success then I opened the tops of the SU's to find them dry.
I
looked at Beverly and told her we were most likely toast. It was weird,
the fuel pump was pumping gas as I disconnected the line, the Four would sit
for 5 to 10 minutes, then fire up normally but would only go a 1/2 mile
before running out of gas again.
I was ready to give up and call for a Hook when the calvary arrived in the
form of Pat Davis, hauling his TR2, his Buddy Rich (no not he famous
drummer) hauling a TR4, my friend John Nelson and Jim Shear both driving
TR6's.
They were all then on the side of the road as well.
Pat was the fire plug. We are going to get this puppy going again he was
saying over and over. I was skeptical, thinking that the AC fuel pump had
gone south. Rich had a spare fuel filter and Pat was insistent that we get
out of the way and let him install it. THANK YOU Pat! Bingo! The Four
fired up and I never looked back the 90 miles to home.
We often talk about it. True Triumph Friends are of great value to each
other. None of the four who stopped were going to leave me on the side of
the road until we had tried all on the spot remedies available. Thanks again
to all.
There was a bunch of black junk in the old filter. Rich was talking of
the horrors of ethanol added to gas ruining all the rubber fuel lines. He
referred to some braided lines that were available and may be the solution.
Anyone know about those or any other fix?
As a side issue I filled up before I left at a BP station. Premium 93.
The pump was so slow it must have taken 15 minutes to fill up. I wonder if
I was pumping a bunch of black junk from the bottom of their tank.
See you Guys on the Road,
Darrell
triumphs@autox.team.net
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