Dave,
Sounds like your choke is operating correctly. If you can idle when warm
without the choke, then you're OK.
Have you tried to calibrate your temp system? I'm not sure how it could
be done, I'd be interested in finding out.
At 09:03 PM 06/12/2000 EDT, you wrote:
>
> So far its' been a great couple of months, I've been driving the TR4a
>every chance I get. The over-heating issue has somewhat stabilized. I
flushed
>the radiator, put a fan from another TR4a on ( the one on the car seemed to
>have blades that looked bent.) I added some treatment to the radiator fluid
>and put in a new 160 degree thermostat.
> After all that the gauge still reads about a 1/4" from the red when the
>car is driven,
>even in 90 degree weather. My question is, I need to run with the choke out
>to varying degrees until the car reaches that " hot " temp. Is that
>acceptable? Is driving with the choke out harmful? At cruising speeds I can
>push it in but at lights I have to pull it out until the car gets warmed up.
>
> Dave
>
> I saw the back of a TR2/3 ? heading down Graham Rd in Stow, Ohio. Any
>idea who the owner may be?
> If I can get some tires mounted in time I want to drive the 4a to the
>Mid-Ohio races.
>
>
Cliff Hansen
chansen@access1.net
1966 TR-4A CTC 64615L
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