[TR] FW: TR6 problem

[Scott Suhring]

A club member has had his TR6 stall out on a few occasions, two of which I
was driving behind him when it happened. The grade of the hill was fairly
steep and the one time he let off the throttle and "pumped" it a few times
to keep it running, which it did. On another occasion he lost power and then
restarted the engine while still running up the hill. The third time he
stalled and pulled over, stopped and then fired the engine back up and we
went on.  He says this happened a few weeks ago leaving my house, and these
are the only times it has happened. Any ideas would be appreciated.  TIA

 

Scott Suhring

Mechanicsburg, PA

'70 TR6

'59 TR3

 

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From: John Krause [mailto:jktr250 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 4:31 PM
To: Scott Suhring
Subject: TR6 problem

 

Scott,

 

Would you mind posting this to the list.

 

My recently restored 1970 TR6 engine is sputtering and sometimes cutting out
completely when going up long steep hills.  I am running new Moss Motors SU
PHS6 carburetors.    I have a new fuel pump and a pressure regulator set at
2 1/2 pounds.  I believe the problem is fuel related.  When the car stalls
out, it does start right up again without hesitation. The car runs strong
other than when going up hills.  Does anyone have an idea as to why this is
happening?

 

Thanks,

 

John