-----Original Message-----
From: Paige, Dean
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 8:07 AM
To: 'Steven Newell'; triumphs
Subject: RE: Spit Running Problem - Help!
Missed the first part too but...I've also seen the lack of power you describe
being a result of points slipping closed over time. Since I installed a
Petronix on my TR-6 this is no longer a problem. Same thing used to happen to
an old Chevy Vega I used in my long ago surveying days.
Deano
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Steven Newell
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 8:43 PM
To: triumphs
Subject: Re: Spit Running Problem - Help!
Randy Joles wrote:
>> that it was difficult to get to speed on flat roads... ...It had NO
>> power going up hills but would pull OK on flat roads. Then it got to
>> the point
>
I missed the first posting, but on my '66 Volvo 122S wagon this is a
sign that the fuel filter is full of tiny rusty dreck and I need to swap
it out. Just happened on the way to Vail this weekend, going up a hill
that east coast Triumph owners will remember if they drove out for the
VTR in Breck a couple years ago. I had a fuel filter in the spare tire
well so it was a quick fix, though I should have checked before the
trip. Anyway, fuel starvation sounds like a really good guess to me.
Of course, even with a clean fuel filter a loaded B18-engined Volvo
wagon still doesn't have much power going up those mountains. We were in
2nd gear coming back up Vail pass. I wonder if a Honda S2000 engine
would fit in the old wagon?
Steven Newell
Littleton, CO USA
'62 TR4 x 2 etc.
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