[TR] Odd problem with 3A

[DLylis at aol.com]

Thanks to all!!  This is a new renovation (not restoration) and I had  the 
tank out and dropped a pen light and mirror in the tank and checked it all  out. 
 It looked clean and so I flushed it with gas with the bungs out of  the 
bottom and put it back in.  I have a clear fuel filter and, yes, there  is crud in 
it.  I have eliminated the hot coil as I do not have to shut off  the car for 
very long at all in order for it to recover.  (maybe 15 seconds  sometimes)
Let me relate a story.  I also have a TR6 and once a few years  ago I had the 
exact same problem.  Turns out a PO had sealed the cover on  the fuel pump 
with gasket sealer.  A little ooze made it to the front carb  and floated around 
in there until it got right in the right palce and,  misfire.  I shut off the 
car and the little crud would float away from the  float valve and all was 
well again until it found its way back to the problem  area.  I was sure this 
was a repeat of the same thing, however I did not  find anything but fine crud 
in the float bowls.  One thing of interest that  I did not post before.  As a 
neophyte I did what I probably should not have  done and rebuilt the motor 
first.  Once the chassis was complete I mounted  the motor and set up a temporary 
wiring harness, temp gauge and oil pressure  gauge and started the motor.  I 
ran it for 30 minutes or so at about 2000  RPM and did that a couple of times.  
The point being is that I had gas in  the carbs for the many months while I 
did the body (maybe a year).  There  was like an orange residue in the bottom 
of the bowls (along with the fine crud)  so I sprayed carb cleaner in to 
disolve it.  I raised the level of the carb  cleaner to the fuel inlet and darker 
orange crud came out.  I cleaned it  all up, syphoned out all the gas from the 
bowls, wiped them down, reassembled  and started the car.  It ran like crap.  
After a few moments it evened  out and idled very well with excellent throttle 
response.  I will drive it  in the next day or so.  
Is this residue from Ethanol in the gas?
 
David  Lylis
69 TR6 CC26160L
60 TR3A TS74461LO
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