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Re: TR3 SU Carb Damper Oil

To: pmmacy@att.net
Subject: Re: TR3 SU Carb Damper Oil
From: suhring <suhring@lancnews.infi.net>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 22:22:49 -0400
Cc: List Triumph <triumphs@autox.team.net>
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References: <20021021130523.SUUW4213.mtiwmhc12.worldnet.att.net@mtiwebc20>
Mark:

I never read that before for Sus, at least for a TR3, that is exactly
the instructions when filing the damper oil for ZS carbs on my
'70 TR6.

Now you've got me really confused! ;-)

BTW, I have the oil to the top of the inner tube, which is more than a
1/2" from the top, but certainly more than the old 1/4" trick.

Thanks

Scott Suhring
Elizabethtown, PA
'70 TR6
'59 TR3

pmmacy@att.net wrote:
> 
> Scott:
>   You didn't fill the dashpots with oil to within 1/2" of the top did you?
> That's how your post reads.  The damper oil is supposed to be added
> until "using the damper as a dipstick its threaded plug is approximately 1/4"
> above the dashpots when resistance is felt" (Practical Hints for the
> maintenance of the Triumph TR3).  This is a very tiny amount.  Overfilling 
>will
> cause the symptoms you describe.
> --
> Mark Macy
> New Carlisle, OH
> 
> 57 TR3   TS16942LO
> 57 TR3   TS17734L
> 59 TR3A  TS53427L  (Parts Car)

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