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Re: [TR] TR3 Idle

To: terryrs@comcast.net
Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 Idle
From: "Wbeech@flash.net" <wbeech@flash.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 07:32:37 -0500
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Given the freshness of your rebuild I would first check all the fasteners on 
the manifold and carb mounts, might just need re-torquing.  Or, a leak could be 
around the throttle shafts.  If you can get it to idle at some steady rpm spray 
carb cleaner, or some such product, around the shafts and see if the idle speed 
changes.  

Lastly, could be at one end or the other of the vacuum line.  

Just a few thoughts,
Bill



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On Jul 24, 2016, at 6:02 PM, terryrs@comcast.net wrote:


Hello, everyone.  Midway through the driving season, chugging lots of miles to 
and from work in the '59 TR3A, it running like a champ.  Lots of power.  Mostly 
sorted in all ways (odometer doesn't work 2,000 miles into the rebuild), but 
nothing major.  

Except.  Coming to a stop at a light, engine idles at about a thousand, then 
slowly drops until, unless I rev the engine, it will stall.  

Am I right thinking it's probably a vacuum leak at the manifold?

Terry Smith, '50 TR3A  TS 58667
NH

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