Hi,
The first thing I would do is to buy a cheap thermometer and see if the
actual temperature and the guage match. In my TR6 they didnt and my
voltage regulator was the culprit. I am not familiar enough with TR3's
to even know if they have a voltage regulator but comparing readings is
an easy first step. I bought mine at Wal-Mart for about $4.
Let us know how things turn out.
Aaron Cropley
71 TR6 (Throttle Body Injection!)
http://www.triumphowners.com/108
Topsham, Maine
-----Original Message-----
From: ols@bcdef.net
To: Triumphs@autox.team.net
Sent: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 09:53:15 -0400
Subject: TR3 running hot
Hi all
My 1958 TR3 which I bought in May has suddenly started running a bit
hot. For the most part it will stay about 170 or so unless I get stuck
in traffic (it will creep up), but recently if I turn off the car to go
into a store when I get back the temp gauge is pinned. If I start the
cat it will slowly get back into operating range. I live in
Massachusetts but he car lived its entire life to now in Arizona where
it gets much hotter than it gets here.
I thought thermostat and replaced it with one of the reproduction
sleeve style thermostats from Moss but no joy.
The temp gauge was recently rebuilt and recalibrated by Nisinger, so
maybe it has always done this but the gauge didn't pick it up.
I'm thinking about installing an electric fan to just deal with this
problem (hopefully) once and for all. The fan from Moss has a fixed
thermostat at 185 and the one from Victoria British has a variable one.
Has anyone had experience with either of these two fans? Do you need to
cut anything to make them fit?
Any comments or suggestions here would be much appreciated.
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