Chad Stretz wrote:
>
> Fellow lister Tony Zager and I drove to St. Clair MO to pick up some
> parts. On the way home, my TR6 did some wierd things.
>
> We were able to drive at highway speed for about five minutes or so, and
> the car would sputter and die. After it sat for a moment, (sometimes as
> little as 20 seconds) it would start right up and go again for about
> another five minutes. The longer we sat, the longer we could drive
> until it died again. A 2 hour trip turned into 6 1/2!
>
> We replaced all of the parts we could with the spares I had in the
> trunk; points, condenser, distributor cap, still no difference. Fresh
> fuel didn't make a difference, either.
>
> If I revved the engine hard after startup, it would run all the way to
> 4500 rpm or so, but wouldn't stay for very long. It seems to idle with
> just a slight misfire, as long as there is no load on the engine.
>
> Where do you folks think I should start? Carb diaphragms? Fuel pump?
> Coil? Priest?
>
> Any ideas welcome,
> Chad Stretz
> 73 TR6
Chad, same thing exactly happened to me.In my case it was crap in the
fuel line. I blew it back into the tank with compressed air. That was
three years ago, and had no problem since.
Stu
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