On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 hdbeacham@att.net wrote:
> the state of New York says my vin is d511580. any ideas
> where that may have come from?.
Hmm, well, the 'd' could be a scribbled & scrunched 'ct'...which really
should be "CT" or "CTC"; and the trailing 0 is hopefully an O.
CT51158O would be a solid axle, right-hand drive, overdrive car, which
doesn't make sense as they didn't put the solid axle on right-hand-drive
TR4As.
I suspect your comm. number (commision number; similar to vin) should be
CTC51158LO. The trailing 'LO' means "left-hand drive, Overdrive equipped"
and 'CTC' means "TR4A with IRS".
> I just got the car. It has not been started in one
> year. any suggestions before i turn the key? I had the
> batery charged. pumped out old gas. Can starter fluid
> be used? I can not find the "priming lever" on the fuel
> pump mentioned in the manual.
Repro fuel pumps don't have a priming lever. If you have SU carbeurators
you can undo the lid on the float bowl and pour a tablespoon or so of
fresh gas down there. Much less violent than starter fluid! Not sure if
you can do the same with ZS carbs though.
I would be tempted to check for a spark on the plugs too. With fuel and
spark, there's not much left to stop your engine from running. I awoke my
TR4 engine in this fashion, it had slept for 6 years (outside, a POX on
the DPO!)
-Malcolm
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