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So at the end of last year, I had a neighbor move and as he was cleaning out, I discovered the lump that had been under a tarp on his driveway for years was a TR250. He had it as his daily driver in the 70s, late 70s got in a fender bender. Bumper and some body damage (left front fender), but no frame damage. He started collecting replacement parts and bought a couple parts cars that he collected key parts from. The car has pretty much sat ever since. He would periodically fire it up and drive it down the block to test it out, but he hasn't done that since the 90s. So I ended up buying the the car and his parts collection and am planning on getting it running and rolling and doing the body work. Expecting this to be a very long project. My initial plan was start by getting it running. Over the winter, I changed fluids, cleaned out the fuel system, replaced plugs, points, wires, and rebuilt the fuel pump and carbs. I managed to get it running but only for 10-15 seconds at a time. Kept trying to make sure the fuel system was operating, but the old battery ended up getting too weak. Eventually replaced that, but now I only get a thunk sound when I try to turn over. Thought it was the starter or starter solenoid, but turns out those seem ok. I can see the starter shaft start to spin but just can't move. So I'm hoping my short starts were not enough to lock-up the engine. So far, I have done nothing with the clutch or trans. I was confident that it was out of gear because prior to doing anything, I was able to turn the engine by hand with the fan blade (with the plugs out). I pulled the plugs and tried that again recently and no go, but now that I think about it, I did not remove belts. Anyway, I'm thinking maybe it slipped into gear? Not sure what I should do next. Was thinking I should maybe pull trans and take a look at the clutch, etc...
Thanks for any advice.... I'm sure you've gotten a few laughs from where I'm at and what I've done wrong, but if you have ideas on what my next steps should be, I would appreciate them...
Thanks, Bob
So at the end of last year, I had a neighbor move and as he was cleaning out, I discovered the lump that had been under a tarp on his driveway for years was a TR250. He had it as his daily driver in the 70s, late 70s got in a fender bender. Bumper and some body damage (left front fender), but no frame damage. He started collecting replacement parts and bought a couple parts cars that he collected key parts from. The car has pretty much sat ever since. He would periodically fire it up and drive it down the block to test it out, but he hasn't done that since the 90s. So I ended up buying the the car and his parts collection and am planning on getting it running and rolling and doing the body work. Expecting this to be a very long project. My initial plan was start by getting it running. Over the winter, I changed fluids, cleaned out the fuel system, replaced plugs, points, wires, and rebuilt the fuel pump and carbs. I managed to get it running but only for 10-15 seconds at a time. Kept trying to make sure the fuel system was operating, but the old battery ended up getting too weak. Eventually replaced that, but now I only get a thunk sound when I try to turn over. Thought it was the starter or starter solenoid, but turns out those seem ok. I can see the starter shaft start to spin but just can't move. So I'm hoping my short starts were not enough to lock-up the engine. So far, I have done nothing with the clutch or trans. I was confident that it was out of gear because prior to doing anything, I was able to turn the engine by hand with the fan blade (with the plugs out). I pulled the plugs and tried that again recently and no go, but now that I think about it, I did not remove belts. Anyway, I'm thinking maybe it slipped into gear? Not sure what I should do next. Was thinking I should maybe pull trans and take a look at the clutch, etc...
Thanks for any advice.... I'm sure you've gotten a few laughs from where I'm at and what I've done wrong, but if you have ideas on what my next steps should be, I would appreciate them...
Thanks, Bob
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