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Re: Difficult Starting

To: Sumner Weisman <sweisman@gis.net>
Subject: Re: Difficult Starting
From: Bob Jones <JONES_M2@popmail.firn.edu>
Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 08:53:26 -0500
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Organization: TEMPLE OF TRIUMPH
References: <199805221131.HAA23264@home.gis.net>
Sumner Weisman wrote:
> 
> I'm going to try this question again.  Last time I didn't state it clearly,
> and some people misunderstood what I was asking.
> 
> My TR3-B has always been very hard to start when the engine is cold.  (It
> starts immediately when the engine is hot.)   If I squirt some starting
> fluid into the carbs, it starts right up.  

I AM SURE THAT THERE IS A VERY GOOD REASON WHY YOU ARE HAVING THE
PROBLEM AND SOMEONE ON THE LIST WILL POSE THE RIGHT SOLUTION.  AS AN
ASIDE, OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE USED STARTER FLUID ON BALKY FARM TRACTORS
TO START THEM, ESPECIALLY IN COLD WEATHER.  THE HANDS HAVE ALWAYS TOLD
ME THAT ONCE WE STARTED A TRACTOR ON FLUID, IT WASN'T LONG UNTIL THEY
WERE ADICTED. JUST LIKE A JUNKIE THEY SEEM TO BE ON FLUID FROM THEN ON
UNLESS WE DID A OVERHAUL. ANY CREADENCE? YOU DECIDE.
BOB

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