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I went out for a drive to the grocery store in the TR3. All was going well until the motor seized. I rolled to a stop, and of course tried to start it up. Very slow cranking, played with a few things to no avail. I thought a valve broke, pulled the cover off and all was good. Just for fun I was going to try starting it once more before calling for help. To my surprise it fired up! Made a quick u-turn and headed for home. 1/2 mile later Bam same thing, this time I could smell the belt burning, coasted to a stop. Water pump? Alternator? Turns out the bolt holding the air cleaner came loose and went thru the carb and into the supercharger! Thinking the worst I pulled the belt loose and made it up the last hill and coasted home. After dinner I pulled off the s/c and found the bolt. So I tore the s/c apart and removed all the bits and pieces, filed down all the ruff edges and. Put it back together. I crossed my fingers and it fired right up. Went for a drive and everything seems fine. I think I got very lucky nothing major happened.