[TR] Side of the Road

[TR250Driver at aol.com]

Guys,
The TR4 took me to the side of the road, Route 30 in OHIO, coming home from 
 the TRA National Meeting in Ft Wayne, Indiana.  In fact I was  there 
several times.  Out in the middle of no where on a Sunday.   She would run for a 
half mile or so and then slowly die.  First I tried to  trouble shoot 
electrics with no success then I opened the tops of the SU's to  find them dry.  I 
looked at Beverly and told her we were most likely  toast.  It was weird, 
the fuel pump was pumping gas as I disconnected the  line, the Four would sit 
for 5 to 10 minutes, then fire up normally but would  only go a 1/2 mile  
before running out of gas again.
 
I was ready to give up and call for a Hook when the calvary arrived in the  
form of Pat Davis, hauling his TR2, his Buddy Rich (no not he famous 
drummer)  hauling a TR4, my friend John Nelson and Jim Shear both driving TR6's. 
They  were all then on the side of the road as well. 
 
Pat was the fire plug. We are going to get this puppy going again  he was 
saying over and over.  I was skeptical, thinking that the AC fuel  pump had 
gone south.  Rich had a spare fuel filter and Pat was insistent  that we get 
out of the way and let him install it.  THANK YOU Pat!   Bingo!  The Four 
fired up and I never looked back the 90 miles to  home.
 
We often talk about it.  True Triumph Friends are of great value  to each 
other. None of the four who stopped were going to leave me on the  side of 
the road until we had tried all on the spot remedies  available. Thanks again 
to all. 
 
There was a bunch of black junk in the old filter.  Rich was talking  of 
the horrors of ethanol added to gas ruining all the rubber fuel lines. He  
referred to some braided lines that were available and may be the  solution.  
Anyone know about those or any other fix?
 
As a side issue I filled up before I left at a BP station.  Premium  93.  
The pump was so slow it must have taken 15 minutes to fill  up.  I wonder if 
I was pumping a bunch of black junk from the bottom of  their tank.
 
See you Guys on the Road,
Darrell