Today was a long and interesting day.
Pulled plugs - dark/sooty and #4 damp. Cleaned (only had couple hundred
miles on them); let the chambers 'air out'
Looked at fuel pump bowl; quite a bit of sediment; cleaned. Most was dirt
but some was picked up by a magnet.
Disconnected fuel line at carbs; blew air through line; in addition to fuel
there was quite a bit of grunge
Opened float bowls on carbs; not too bad but evidence of moisture in the
fuel
Left it all open to 'air out'. Cleaned carbs as much as possible without
dismantling.
Fuel filter before the pump - major sediment. Cleaned it. It was so dirty
that the grunge was getting past the filter.
Looked in gas tank and sediment at bottom; used magnet to clean it out.
About a tablespoon's worth.
Blew air toward gas tank from filter connection. Used magnet again and got
about half that again. Looks like more in there so will do it again tomorrow
morning after the fuel settles.
Not sure what to do if it is just dirt. Let it run almost dry and mop it up
with rags?
#4 plug was .035 not .025 as spec'd. could be why it was wet - couldn't get
enough spark. Also mixture was about 1flat too rich on both carbs
Reconnected everything; Checked points/condenser - no issues.
Primed fuel pump; pulled choke; and voila - purred like a kitten; idle a
little high at 1000-1100RPM. Went for a 30 mile drive; no stalling; no
missing; no run-on.
Tomorrow, I'll check timing although I don't expect any issues; re-set idle
and go for a long drive including highway speeds. Can't decide if I'll get
more gas or let it get low. About half tank now.
The fuel filter is attached to the chassis rail and barely visible looking
down past the wiper motor mount area. I think it is about in the same
location that earlier models had a fuel shut-off. It is not easy to check.
I may need to re-think location.
Carl
1960 Triumph TR3
TS81802LO
Tampa, FL
-----Original Message-----
From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Carl-TR
Sent: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 2:54 PM
To: 'Truiumphs' <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] "The Little Bits"
My wife calls it the roundtoit list. I'll eventually get around to it....
Checked off six of them yesterday.
1 & 2: fixed loose backup light mounting so that it doesn't bounce all over
the place and tightened socket so no more intermittent light.
3 & 4: Replaced buffers for the cubby box door and added a piece of tubing
where the lock mechanism 'fastens' to get rid of that persistent rattle.
5: Added grommets and fish-line loop on the top cover (to the lift-the-dot
peg) so it stays tucked under at speed
6: same repair Randall mentioned below
Today I am going to try to figure out why the car dies whenever I come to a
stop (richness, timing, etc) - thanks to all who added comments on that
topic over the last week or so. Plenty of suggestions to work through.
Still need to mount the soft top; and completely do the hard-top
installation.
Figure out how to operate the Go-Pro's simultaneously (3 cameras - mounted
on front bumper mount; roll-bar right behind where the passenger would be
sitting; and somewhere on the back looking to the rear). Supposedly the
remote can be set up to start/stop all at the same time.
And don't get me started on the ever-growing honey-do list.
But this endless weekend is great! Don't know why I didn't do it 20 years
ago... Oh, yeah... kids, mortgage, bills, food on the table, etc.
Carl Musson
1960 Triumph TR3A
TS81802LO
Tampa Bay Florida
-----Original Message-----
From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Randall
Sent: Tuesday, November 3, 2015 10:19 AM
To: 'Truiumphs'
Subject: Re: [TR] Vibration at Speed
> Ah - the old "when I get time".....
>
> Let me know when you work out where to find it...... :-)
Guilty as charged! But now that I'm retired, I am slowly getting various
projects done between naps. Just the other day, I finally repaired the
threads in the windscreen frame, so I could install the Tenax pegs. Now at
least in theory I could install a top (if I had one) <g>
Randall
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