[TR] Side of the Road

[Joe Curry]

When I went to the VTR convention in San Luis Obispo a couple of years ago,
I developed a fuel leak.  It turned out that the EFI hoses I was using
between the steel lines were being eaten up by the alcohol in the fuel.  I
did some research and came up with Teflon lined hoses.  They are quite more
expensive than the standard rubber hoses and a bit more difficult to stretch
over the nipples, but they are well worth the trouble and expense.  No
problems at all since I replaced then.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
thenicholls at verizon.net
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 12:52 PM
To: TR250Driver at aol.com
Cc: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Side of the Road

You can buy enthanol proof hoses at your local auto parts store or Moss
sells the different sizes by the foot.

I went the Moss route and replaced all the rubber hoses related to fuel on
my TR6.

Nice to have friends.

Craig
1972 Triumph TR6
VA

Jun 22, 2011 02:37:10 PM, TR250Driver at aol.com wrote:

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


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