- 1. TR-8 Hard Work and More (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 14:53:41 EST
- Hello All. I have been working on a friends TR-8. Carbs and hoses. Car been sitting for a number of years. Well, today I fired it up. Letting it warm up to adjust carbs. Seems like normal smoke comin
- /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00507.html (8,100 bytes)
- 2. Re: TR-8 Hard Work and More (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 15:19:41 -0500charset="iso-8859-1"
- John, I guess it's out of the question whether you want to check another "8" over at the present time right ??? "FT" -- Original Message -- From <JRossi727 at aol.com> To: <triumphs@autox.team.net> S
- /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00508.html (9,014 bytes)
- 3. RE: TR-8 Hard Work and More (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 15:08:07 -0500
- Don't sugar-coat it, John...tell it like it is! Michael Ferguson Hello All. I have been working on a friends TR-8. Carbs and hoses. Car been sitting for a number of years. Well, today I fired it up.
- /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00510.html (8,772 bytes)
- 4. Re: TR-8 Hard Work and More (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 15:40:37 -0800
- It sounds like you are running rich. Check to see if you have fuel flowing out of the carbon canister vent or the lines connecting it to the carbs. They might be full of gas due to a sticking float
- /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00514.html (8,843 bytes)
- 5. RE: TR-8 Hard Work and More (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 15:54:44 -0500charset="iso-8859-1"
- Hey John! Now that you have some good experience, come on down and help me fix the injector system in my new 8! Jim Altman jaltman@altlaw.com Illigitimi non Carborundum http://www.altlaw.com/metro/ja
- /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00515.html (9,108 bytes)
- 6. Re: TR-8 Hard Work and More (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 16:30:22 -0500charset="iso-8859-1"
- me it exhaust, four And pipe taking and
- /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00517.html (10,003 bytes)
- 7. TR-8 Hard Work and More (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 16:22:53 -0500
- Message text written by INTERNET:JRossi727@aol.com Hello All. I have been working on a friends TR-8. Carbs and hoses. Car been sitting for a number of years. Well, today I fired it up. Letting it war
- /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00519.html (8,933 bytes)
- 8. RE: TR-8 Hard Work and More (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 13:45:24 -0800charset="iso-8859-1"
- Amen. Wasn't it Ford that got sued because their unshielded cats were starting grass fires ? Randall 59 TR3A TS39781LO Lakewood, CA, USA
- /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00521.html (7,926 bytes)
- 9. RE: TR-8 Hard Work and More (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 18:02:40 -0500
- Message text written by "Randall Young" Wasn't it Ford that got sued because their unshielded cats were starting grass fires ? Randall < Dunno. Just that the new cars with computerized fuel managemen
- /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00525.html (8,057 bytes)
- 10. Re: TR-8 Hard Work and More (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 18:02:45 -0500
- Message text written by "Fred Thomas" Jim, what color are the converters ?? < Good point! How do you know they weren't powder coated red??? Dave
- /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00527.html (7,776 bytes)
- 11. RE: TR-8 Hard Work and More (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 15:37:20 -0800charset="iso-8859-1"
- Oh, I wouldn't say that. The entire mixture control thing depends on the lambda or O2 sensor working correctly, and they definitely have a limited lifetime. At the end of their lifetime, they start
- /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00531.html (8,514 bytes)
- 12. RE: TR-8 Hard Work and More (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 19:57:42 -0500
- Message text written by "Randall Young" Oh, I wouldn't say that. The entire mixture control thing depends on the lambda or O2 sensor working correctly, and they definitely have a limited lifetime. At
- /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00538.html (9,318 bytes)
- 13. Re: TR-8 Hard Work and More (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 21:02:01 -0500
- No offense, but your friend didn't fire up the car, you did. A rich mixture on the carbs will cause this the catalytic converter to get red hot. Mix fuel and air in the presence of the platinum catal
- /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00543.html (9,652 bytes)
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