Gary - what you describe is a not unusual problem. In fact, it's identical to
the one we're
currently experiencing on the Triumph Trans-AmeriCa Raffle Prize Spitfire in
the UK as I write.
Sounds to me that you need to loosen the clamp holding the cable in place and
adjust it so it pulls
the chokes firmly open. On "Spitty" we adopted the following procedure (until
some 'know all'
recommended a cable adjustment
1. Open door and get into car with top erected. Garage is narrow and surplus
frontal body fat makes
this a painful (and difficult) manoeuvre.
1a. Settle in seat and gasp a little at immediately previous exertions. Oaths
are appropriate if you
banged your head on the hoodirons in the process
2. Insert ignition key and turn on
3. Place both feet on dashboard and grab choke knob with both hands - not an
easy action with the
steering wheel in place
4. Pull hard until you hear plastic in knob beginning to crack as cable starts
to come away from
knob interior
5. Then pull some more by straightening legs
6. Cable should come out further - and suddenly, indicating chokes are now open.
7. Twist ignition key and blast engine into action with accompanying death
rattle from empty oil
filter
This treatment may seem unnecessarily violent? Perhaps - but it takes me back
to the days of new
Triumphs when this type of choke operation was the rule rather than the
exception. It's all part of
the 'originality' of the car and an essential element of the WGAS (who gives a
***t) philosophy that
prevailed in abundance at the end of the Final Finish line.
Jonmac
----- Original Message -----
From: <AA00727@aol.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 5:51 AM
Subject: [TR] Choke cable movement
> The latest choke discussion brings up another problem with finishing the
> restoration of my TR 3. I cannot pull the knob out far enough to actually
>pull
> the "choke valve" down. We have to get under the hood and directly position
> the linkage beyond the fast idle position which as far as the knob and cable
> will move it. I have not taken time to investigate this yet as we have only
> started it a couple of times. Just thinking someone may have had this trouble
> and will be able to steer me toward a fix.
>
> Gary B
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