[6pack] Fw: Carb Problems

[Steve Kirsis]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Kirsis" <sakirsis at consolidated.net>
To: "Ian Breyer" <ianbreyer at yahoo.com>
Cc: "6 Pack" <6pack at autex.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: [6pack] Carb Problems


> Ian, I just had the same problem with my '70. Running very well after a 
> dizzy rebuild and suddenly just quit on me. luckily I was close to home 
> and had neighbors to push it to the house. After scratching my head for 
> about an hour I swapped rotors out from my '75 as they looked different. 
> Sure enough the car started right away. I found out that the rotor TRF had 
> sent me was for a TR-4. I did not even know they were different. It will 
> run for a while on the wrong rotor. Also check your carbs diaphrams as 
> with a good backfire they will blow out. Steve Kirsis.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ian Breyer" <ianbreyer at yahoo.com>
> To: <6pack at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 8:23 AM
> Subject: [6pack] Carb Problems
>
>
>>  Hi all. Hope you guys can help me. Along with a bunch of other stuff my 
>> buddy (he is the mechanic) and I have recently finished rebuilding the 
>> carbs on my 72 TR6. We had the thing running great (maybe a little rich, 
>> but its always been that way since I owned the car) in the garage. I took 
>> it out for a test drive and the car was running great until I got about a 
>> mile away, when it backfired then lost power and died. Since my fuel 
>> guage decides on its own when it wants to work I thought I was out of gas 
>> but that wasnt it. We werent able to get her restarted and had to have 
>> the car towed home.
>>
>>  Since then we have rechecked all the electrical stuff, vacuum hoses, 
>> timing, valves and these dont seem to be the problem. We are able to get 
>> the car started briefly but then it runs terrible for a few seconds and 
>> then dies. At this point we are thinking of rebuilding the carbs again. 
>> The previous kit came from the roadster factory. Any suggestions would be 
>> greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>>
>>  Ian
>>  72 TR6 Jasmine Yellow
>>  New Haven, CT
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