Sounds more ignition-related to me. Have you tried replacing points,
plugs, wires, condenser, etc? Your distributor might also be worn out,
you'd be amazed how bad it can make a car run if the dizzy shaft
bearings are worn out.
Tim Holbrook
1971 TR6
--- mbullard <mbullard@hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
> Listers,
>
> I am more than likely going to be calling on all of you often from
> this
> point until I die, but that's the only way I going to learn right? I
> have to
> tell you, I've never worked on cars before (woodworking has always
> been my
> hobby)but I am determined and able to learn.
>
>
> My car ('74 TR6) started acting funny (missing, backfiring and just
> sounding
> bogged down) shortly after I got it back to Hawaii. I had a mechanic
> friend
> come over and he adjusted the timing and all was fine for a day or so
> and it
> started back up again.
>
> I then sent the list a request a week and a half ago (it never went
> through
> and I didn't resend) asking if it might be the carbs and if I should
> rebuild. The car had been siting for some time, then driven 2500
> miles and
> then sat for three weeks until I got it in Hawaii.
>
> I wanted to take it on so instead of asking the people who know, I
> rebuilt
> the carbs. My rebuild stopped at replacing the needles while I wait
> for the
> adjustment tool from TRF... but I am very proud of myself and think I
> did a
> pretty good job but I have the same problem. The car won't start.
> It trys
> real hard, even grabs sometimes but it sounds horrible. I'm hoping
> that
> it's just because the carbs aren't fully sync'd and adjusted but it's
> sounding the same as before the carbs were rebuilt so I'm looking for
> other
> possibilities just in case.
>
> Any thoughts will be appreciated.
>
> Mahalo,
>
>
> Mark Bullard
> '74 TR6 (that's asking why she was brought all the way to Hawaii to
> sit in
> the garage)
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