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jdubois
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Some of you may remember that I was having trouble getting my TR3A to stay running after many months of storage.
Well, after cleaning the fuel filter mesh, replacing the front float chamber cover due to stripped threads for the valve body, (then replacing the starter solenoid which happily fell apart on me while I was trying to fix the fuel problem), replacing the plugs that kept fouling with hotter ones, syncing the carbs, re-adjusting the mixture with my trusty colortune, adjusting the points, and then replacing the entire clutch hydraulics (which was almost completely shot), I was finally able to take her out for a bit of a drive today.
She still hesitated a bit on acceleration while warming up, both with the choke halfway out and all the way in, and she occasionally didn't want to idle when coming off of hard throttle unless I blipped the throttle again before she died, but other than that she pulled smooth and strong, and I was able to actually enjoy her for a short 15 mile drive.
So I'm getting there! Thankfully, the Spit has been a rock while I was getting the TR3A fixed, so I wasn't without a Triumph. I hope that she can't smell the TR3A on me now!
Ta muchly to those of you who gave me suggestions that led me to the bad float bowl cover, which was clearly the main problem.
Well, after cleaning the fuel filter mesh, replacing the front float chamber cover due to stripped threads for the valve body, (then replacing the starter solenoid which happily fell apart on me while I was trying to fix the fuel problem), replacing the plugs that kept fouling with hotter ones, syncing the carbs, re-adjusting the mixture with my trusty colortune, adjusting the points, and then replacing the entire clutch hydraulics (which was almost completely shot), I was finally able to take her out for a bit of a drive today.
She still hesitated a bit on acceleration while warming up, both with the choke halfway out and all the way in, and she occasionally didn't want to idle when coming off of hard throttle unless I blipped the throttle again before she died, but other than that she pulled smooth and strong, and I was able to actually enjoy her for a short 15 mile drive.
So I'm getting there! Thankfully, the Spit has been a rock while I was getting the TR3A fixed, so I wasn't without a Triumph. I hope that she can't smell the TR3A on me now!
Ta muchly to those of you who gave me suggestions that led me to the bad float bowl cover, which was clearly the main problem.
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