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Hi everyone, I'm having a very confusing and frustrating stalling issue with my TR. Either I or a local shop has done most everything we can think of to address it and it's still an issue. The stalling was not an issue until after the shop rebuilt the carbs and changed the aux fan over to auto switch. The car will seem fine then randomly begins to sputter and stall when stopped at a red light. This only seems to happen after the car has warmed up. If the car stalls, it doesn't like to start back up until it has sat for a while. You can imagine the frustration in keeping it running when stopped on a hill and the fear of not getting it started again if it is allowed to stall. Don't have much more detail to give other than it maybe being heat related. Meaning it does seem to be less of an issue now that the temperature has cooled down some. I did have an issue last weekend and got stranded for a while when the temperature was just above 80. Kept a close eye on the water temp when driving, stopped and when it begins to stall and it's been in normal operating temperature almost always right at 185. My guess at this point is that it's carb related in some fashion. Please let me know any ideas you may have. Taking it back to the shop that did the work is not an option. I'll refrain from going into detail of why.
Between my own work and the shop here are the main things that have been done:
Rebuilt fuel pump
New ignition coil (I confirmed it is the correct type), distributor cap, points, cables and plugs
Rebuilt carbs
New radiator
New water pump
New thermostat
New generator
Aux cooling fan now set up for auto switch
Between my own work and the shop here are the main things that have been done:
Rebuilt fuel pump
New ignition coil (I confirmed it is the correct type), distributor cap, points, cables and plugs
Rebuilt carbs
New radiator
New water pump
New thermostat
New generator
Aux cooling fan now set up for auto switch