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Re: [TR] A perplexing problem

To: "scottpaisley" <scottpaisley@smartneighborhood.net>,
Subject: Re: [TR] A perplexing problem
From: Bill & Skip Pugh <anabil007@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:40:58 -0700
Hi Scott,
        Had the same problem and did everything you did, but added 
one more ... new spark plug wires ... the old ones, well a couple of 
them had the connectors break off in the distributor when I removed 
them.  I opted for Magnecor and they look and work great.

Good Luck


>Hi all, I'm really hoping someone can help me here.
>
>The car idles and runs (drives) well under very light throttle. But give
>it some gas, and it just simply misses and bogs down. That's the best
>way I can describe it. Not quite a backfire, but there's no power
>whatsoever. I get off the gas, and it recovers and runs fine again.
>here's what has recently been done...
>
>- new fuel pump (old one was leaking)
>- Freshened up the carbs (not a rebuild, but new seals, and cleaned them
>up, as they were leaking gas)
>- Pertronix ignition and coil
>- Timed the engine at 4 degrees ATDC per manual (Tried a bit more
>advance as well)


-- 
Bill  Pugh
1957 TR3 TS16765L
aka
Casper
1970 TR6 CC59179L
aka
Rosey
Wallace, CA


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