[TR] Odd problem with 3A

[Andrew Uprichard]

David:  what do the plugs look like ?  I recently had an intermittent
problem which kept fouling plug #3.  I was convinced it was electrical but
it turned out to be a bad needle valve / seat (I replaced both) which was
preferentially affecting one cylinder.

Andrew Uprichard

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[mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of DLylis at aol.com
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 10:42 PM
To: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: [TR] Odd problem with 3A

The first day I drove my 3A it ran very well until one moment it started to

skip badly, so I pulled over and shut it off.  Without even getting out and

opening the bonnet I waited a minute or less, fired her up and drove home  
fine.  Sunday I drove about 50 miles and found out I don't get as good
mileage as 
I thought as the same symptom returned, only this time I ran out of  gas.  
Walked to the gas station, got gas, fired her up, and drove home  fine.  
Later on that day I was driving and had the same symptoms as the first
time. 
 Ran well, then badly, stalled, pulled over, waited 30 seconds,  started and

drove away.  Ten minutes later it happened again, same  thing.  My first 
instinct is that there is something in one of the float  bowls that
eventually 
finds its way to obstruct gas, car runs poorly, shut  it off, and whatever
it is 
floats away from being a nuisance and then  returns.    
I opened my floats tonight and although I found crud, which I cleaned out,  
there was nothing that would tell me my diagnosis was correct. 
Ideas?  It certainly is behaving like a fuel problem.
 
 
 
David  Lylis
69 TR6 CC26160L
60 TR3A TS74461LO
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