My father and I pulled this 1965 TR4 out of a car port. It was in solid shape but after getting it home I noticed it had been hacked by the previous owners over the years. My goal with this car is to turn it into a nice driver. After fixing a hole in the steel dash and going through all the wiring and getting everything working it seemed to run pretty good with zero attention to the engine systems. I drove it around for 2 months like this. It did have an occasional miss under load and high rpms but when I got off the gas it stopped. I guessed it might be the debris in the glass filter running the bowls out of fuel or the points. Then one hot day it went to crap quick. Misfire, no fire then dead. Before this I had sanded and adjusted the points with no change, still occasional miss under load and high rpms.
So now I'm going to go through each system one thing at a time. Carbs, lines, pump, filter, tank. Then ignition system replacing the points, condenser, coil and setting timing. I'm guessing all of this needed to be done since I have no idea how long this car sat before the two or three years it sat my shop. Hopefully I will have eliminated the problem. The car runs amazing other than this miss.
The car
I've been doing a ton of research on rebuilding the carbs. The 175CD Strombergs are pretty simple. I just need to know the super secret pitfalls and things beyond the basic gasket rebuild that could give me tuning problems down the road. I've already disassembled one and was surprised how tight, clean and simple it is. I'll be getting rebuilds from Joe Curto or the like. Any suggestions of where to get the carb kits, points, condenser, coil and fuel pump or fuel pump rebuilds and fuel filter rebuilds. I'll be posting my progress and questions here as I progress through each task. Subscribe and participate! Thanks guys!
So now I'm going to go through each system one thing at a time. Carbs, lines, pump, filter, tank. Then ignition system replacing the points, condenser, coil and setting timing. I'm guessing all of this needed to be done since I have no idea how long this car sat before the two or three years it sat my shop. Hopefully I will have eliminated the problem. The car runs amazing other than this miss.
The car
I've been doing a ton of research on rebuilding the carbs. The 175CD Strombergs are pretty simple. I just need to know the super secret pitfalls and things beyond the basic gasket rebuild that could give me tuning problems down the road. I've already disassembled one and was surprised how tight, clean and simple it is. I'll be getting rebuilds from Joe Curto or the like. Any suggestions of where to get the carb kits, points, condenser, coil and fuel pump or fuel pump rebuilds and fuel filter rebuilds. I'll be posting my progress and questions here as I progress through each task. Subscribe and participate! Thanks guys!