Kent Shrack wrote:
> So, We're on our way to our home town Pratt Kansas on Saturday and the TR3
>starts the sputtering. It feels like one of the carbs is not getting fuel,...
>I pull it apart and the rubber gaskets that hold the fuel bowl are way out of
>shape and expanded from being old and in contact with the gasoline. I try to
>re-assemble them but the gaskets are just too far gone.
> Kent Shrack
Definitely a great survivor story.
You have found that your carb gaskets are not compatible with ethanol,
and/or TTBE/MTBE. Both attack seals made with natural rubber
--
Glenn A. Merrell
Chairman, Triumph Stag Club USA (2007-2009)
The best trophies are miles on the odometer, stone chips in the paint, dead
bugs on the windshield!
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