[Fot] help, please!

[RACER BUD]

it could be something as simple as how the linkage is bolted 
together..loosen the little center nuts and bolts on the shaft that runs 
between the carbs, one may be out of whack, keeping the throttle open
racer Bud
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gasket Works" <gasket.works at verizon.net>
To: <RLEslEagle at aol.com>
Cc: <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] help, please!


> Dick seems to have a problem... are there any mechanics who can help him?
>
> See below.
>
> md
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: RLEslEagle at aol.com
>  To: gasket.works at gte.net
>  Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 7:45 PM
>  Subject: help, please!
>
>
>  Greetings.
>  I need the help of this amazing pool of Triumph experience--Dave Swauger 
> at
> The Roadster Factory suggested I write.  My car--a 1960 TR 3A.  Problem,
>  after an engine rebuild--TR 4A head; 86 mm sleeves & pistons; new Vicky 
> Brit
> street cam, lifters, & push rods; rebuilt SU carbs; etc, I have a
> smooth-running engine that will not go below 2,000 rpm.  I have checked 
> the
> following:
>  1.  The intake manifold flanges have been newly machined flat & do not 
> leak
> air (new gaskets, of course).  Same with carb to intake manifold--new 
> gaskets,
> no leakage.  Insulator blocks are the replacement plastic parts which do 
> not
> leak.
>  2.  The distributor to camshaft gear is aligned correctly and static 
> timing
> is at 4 degrees tdc.
>  3.  The vacuum advance is holding vacuum & not leaking air.  Pipe and
> connection at front carb okay.
>  4.  The carb needles are the correct normal codes.
>  5.  The carb rebuild included new shafts and bushings--no leakage with 
> the
> "carb spray test."
>  5.  The valve train is working as normal & is accurately gapped.
>
>  The 2,000 "idle" is smooth, not rough, but with the idle adjustment 
> screws
> entirely off their bases, the fast idle remains.  (The choke enrichment 
> cam is
> not hanging the throttle shaft.)  The only thing I can now imagine is that 
> my
> installation of the cam chain is one link off.  But wouldn't that result 
> more
> in an uneven idle than an idle twice as fast as normal but smooth?
>
>  Any help would be deeply appreciated.  The car is a nicely restored 
> example
> and I hope to get it on the road as soon as the Ohio winter retreats. 
> But,
> there is this idle problem...
>  Thanks!
>  Dick Eslinger
>  Dayton, Ohio
>
>
>
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