[6pack] Carb Problems

[Mark Steph]

Just a guess.  Did you replace the floats?  In my experience the 
original 30+ year old floats are far superior to any floats you get 
these days.

The last time I rebuilt my carbs, the floats sank within a week or two. 
  They are made of some thin plastic that does not hold up under today's 
gasoline.  I actually had thrown my old (good) floats away and had to 
find used floats from a junkyard.

My guess here is that if you take off the carbs, flip them over and just 
take off the bowl, you will find one or both of the floats are full of 
gasoline.  (Could also be the float valve clogged up with debris, but 
you'll still be in the right vicinity.)

Ian Breyer wrote:
>   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.
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>   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.
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>   Ian
>   72 TR6 Jasmine Yellow
>   New Haven, CT