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RE: idle problem - TR6

To: "'TR6 List'" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: RE: idle problem - TR6
From: Peter Zaborski <peterz@merak.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 14:39:45 -0700
How about the linkage? Is that operating smoothly?

Peter Zaborski
76 TR6 (CF58310 UO)
Calgary AB Canada


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Offley...NMSU-A Chemistry [SMTP:offley@nmsua.nmsu.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 1997 1:22 PM
> To:   triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject:      idle problem - TR6
> 
> Hi,  I'm new to the net,  but have lots of fixing time on TR3s and 
> TR6s
> 
> Have an idle problem on a 71 TR6     Stromberg carbs,  vacuum retard 
> distributor.  With the engine warmed up,  the idle is at 2000 with 
> the idle screws full off.... 
> 
> I've checked the obvious things....vacuum leaks....float valves 
> stuck.... mixture needles sticking.....timing way off.....
> 
> The problem was intermittant for about 6 months,  now it is a 
> perminant  idle problem.....and I don't get much engine braking 
> coming down the mountain in the mornings.
> 
> Just want an easy fix,    obviously if I overhauled, dismantled, 
> cleaned, scrubbed, and worried those carbs....maybe it would be 
> better.....but.....
> 
> 
> Ron Offley
> Chemistry, NMSU-Alamogordo
> Alamogordo NM 88325
> (505)437-3765

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