The hole in top of the rear carb is for the EGR system. It was not used until
'74. Just plug it off. Your car should run better, as it is a very large
vacuum
leak at the moment. My '74 has this plugged, as the EGR valve is not on the
vehicle.
Don Gill
David Massey wrote:
> Message text written by INTERNET:HCrown280zx@cs.com
> >My 71 TR6 has a vacuum hose from the distributor to the front carb.
> Another
> vacuum hose from the other side of the distributor goes to the bottom of
> the
> back carb. The top of the back carb has a threaded hole that appears to be
>
> "in need of some kind of fitting" or something is missing. What would that
>
> be? What is that empty hole for? It runs very ragged right now.
> <
>
> There is no other vacuum operated devices on a 71 TR6 so if this port is
> indeed machined into the carb (may be a carb from a 74 or later car) it
> should be capped off.
>
> Dave Massey
> 71 TR6
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