I had almost the identical problem in my TR6 and after much ado it
was....drum roll please.
A clogged fuel line. The metal line running up the car from the tank had
more crap in it than I could imagine. Check it out! I replaced mine with a
"temporary" run of regular fuel line and it ran great.
Good luck
Jeff
Atlanta-'71 TR6
> -----Original Message-----
> From: johnhaynes@som-uky.campus.mci.net
> [SMTP:johnhaynes@som-uky.campus.mci.net]
> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 1998 8:58 AM
> To: Mike Brinker; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: TR6 Keeps Quitting
>
>
> At 03:42 PM 10/28/98 -0500, Mike Brinker wrote:
> >
> >Has anyone had this problem?
> >TR6 newly rebuilt engine, carbs etc.. The car idles great. Mixture
> seems
> >correct and carbs are balanced. When you rev the car, it sounds great
> and
> >drops right down to the correct idle of about 800 rpm.
> >Here is the problem. When you drive the car and run it for a mile or so,
> >then try and stop by pressing in the clutch and braking, the idle drops
> down
> >to about 300 or less and many times the car stalls (quits). This happens
> >all of the time. If you try and give it a bit of gas (push on the
> >accelerator) to keep the idle up, it might not stall, but takes a minute
> to
> >recover to a good steady idle.
> >I have removed most of the emissions, but do have vacuum to the carbs
> still
> >connected.
> >Does anyone have any suggestions? This is really bothering me. As a
> matter
> >of fact, I took it to a reputable mechanic, and he has a TVR (with a TR6
> >engine) doing the same thing. He can't figure it out either.
> >Thanks In Advance
> >Mike Brinker
> >Mike's TR6 World
> >http://www.surf.to/tr6
> >
> > Something not mentioned. If the thrust washers were installed
> incorectly, the idle would drop when depressing the clutch.
>
> Sam Haynes
> TR3 Original Owner
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