Bill,
Could be two things......weak battery and/or fuel evaporating naturally in
the fuel bowls. Over the winter I try to get my TR4 out for a run at least
once a month and mine cranks a little slower at first and it takes a few
cranks to get her fired up. If I come back in a week, it's almost as though
it were yesterday...fires right up.
Interestingly, a three week layover in the summer doesn't seem to bother
the starting......my guess is that the summer humidity slows down fuel
evaporation.
So, assuming the battery is being completely charged and is holding a
charge, if it starts fine and runs fine after it's been running and turned off,
I'd say that the cranky starting after a long layover is just the "nature
of the beast".
Chip Krout
Delaware Valley Triumphs, Ltd.
Skippack, PA
1962 TR4 CT2052L
In a message dated 3/4/2013 12:46:31 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
wsb1960tr3a@att.net writes:
After not driving for 3 weeks it cranks slower
than I would like and tries to start and dies. It eventually will start.
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