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Got called out on a job today. My buddy just got this from his good friend's widow.
Hasn't run in 10 years..last tags 2006.
Supposedly has a bad starter.
New battery, oiled cylinders, rolled engine to make sure everything moved as it should. Cleaned the points (yes, factory electronic gone), cranked for oil pressure and wet rockers..good...and obviously started is not bad.
Removed fuel sender, tank half full, NO RUST, gas smelled just like...gas. Pulled the fuel line off the WEBER! and pressurized the tank to wet the fuel pump....plugs back in, fuel line on, hit the air cleaner three times with starting fluid and it lit....a tad rough at first..no smoke...warmed up, everything fine...choke off, adjusted idle and mixture....checked brakes...good pedal...checked clutch...hydraulics worked...pedal down, engaged first gear so no disc stuck to flywheel or pressure plate...so we drove it...not far, just down his long driveway and back, with one hand on the e-brake, but nothing done to the brakes or any hydraulics, original gasoline.
I mean, any car that has set for 10 years will be a problem...but a Triumph? I expected seized calipers or wheel cylinders, bad master(s), slave, stuck clutch, rusted tank, varnished petrol...and we had none of the above.
It's like the car was parked a month or two ago.
Electrics, yes, no tail lights, park or side lights, heater fan, windscreen wipers...but it charges (checked) and all the gauges work.
I can almost see where the issue is now that I have a wiring diagram.
Crazy.
If we get it all checked out and cleaned up, maybe the All-Brit Field Meet this summer.
Top looks good, plastic windows are pretty hard, interior nice, no rust bubbles I can find, chrome good.....
Dave
Hasn't run in 10 years..last tags 2006.
Supposedly has a bad starter.
New battery, oiled cylinders, rolled engine to make sure everything moved as it should. Cleaned the points (yes, factory electronic gone), cranked for oil pressure and wet rockers..good...and obviously started is not bad.
Removed fuel sender, tank half full, NO RUST, gas smelled just like...gas. Pulled the fuel line off the WEBER! and pressurized the tank to wet the fuel pump....plugs back in, fuel line on, hit the air cleaner three times with starting fluid and it lit....a tad rough at first..no smoke...warmed up, everything fine...choke off, adjusted idle and mixture....checked brakes...good pedal...checked clutch...hydraulics worked...pedal down, engaged first gear so no disc stuck to flywheel or pressure plate...so we drove it...not far, just down his long driveway and back, with one hand on the e-brake, but nothing done to the brakes or any hydraulics, original gasoline.
I mean, any car that has set for 10 years will be a problem...but a Triumph? I expected seized calipers or wheel cylinders, bad master(s), slave, stuck clutch, rusted tank, varnished petrol...and we had none of the above.
It's like the car was parked a month or two ago.
Electrics, yes, no tail lights, park or side lights, heater fan, windscreen wipers...but it charges (checked) and all the gauges work.
I can almost see where the issue is now that I have a wiring diagram.
Crazy.
If we get it all checked out and cleaned up, maybe the All-Brit Field Meet this summer.
Top looks good, plastic windows are pretty hard, interior nice, no rust bubbles I can find, chrome good.....
Dave