[TR] Condensor/capacitor question

[Joe Curry]

Check the fuel filler cap as soon as it stalls.  If you hear the sound of
air rushing into the tank, you have a venting problem causing a vacuum in
the tank.  I bet the car will start right up after releasing the vacuum.

It has happened to me and might be your problem as well.

Joe

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Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 4:06 PM
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Subject: [TR] Condensor/capacitor question

Hi everyone;
 
My TR3A demonstrates a fault that could be as simple as a failing  
condensor. Basically, it loses power dramatically after about half an hour
of  
driving, then eventually fades to stalling. If I leave it just a few
minutes,  
the car will start and run perfectly for a couple of miles, then we start
the  
same cycle again. It could be many other things, I know, such as dirt in 
the  fuel tank, bad pump, trouble with SU's, a bad coil, etc., etc.
 
However, want I would like to do is make sure I have the problem cured  
while it's in the workshop and before it's time to take it out of winter  
storage and start driving it. Because of the nature of my work, I won't have

time to be working on it once Spring comes.
 
I'd rather not replace the condensor and coil, rebuild the carbs, take out  
the tank and get it cleaned/lined, etc. etc., if I don't need to. I'd like 
to  start by renewing the condensor, then somehow testing the removed one to

see if  that cured it. There's over a foot of snow on the ground now and 
much more will  be on it's way before Spring, so I'm not driving it to test
it!
 
Thoughts?
 
Tim TS22930LO Ontario, Canada

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