> I had no spare fuel
> filter but you can bet I will put one in the glove box for future
> trips.
If it was a modern paper element filter, then you can limp home just by
driving a screwdriver or similar object through the center of the filter.
BTDT.
But in my experience the stock setup with the screen & sediment bowl
actually works pretty good. Adding a paper element filter does nothing for
reliability, IMO (as you found out).
I did finally add a paper element filter to my TR3, but only because we get
a lot of extremely fine sand/dust around here (blown in from the desert),
and I was concerned about its long-term effect on the cylinder walls. But
the 3A never had one, and never had a problem with it <G>
-- Randall
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