[TR] Why is the TR3 Hard Starting?

[Chip19474 at aol.com]

Bill,
 
Could be two things......weak battery and/or fuel evaporating naturally in  
the fuel bowls.  Over the winter I try to get my TR4 out for a run at least 
 once a month and mine cranks a little slower at first and it takes a few 
cranks  to get her fired up.  If I come back in a week, it's almost as though 
it  were yesterday...fires right up. 
 
Interestingly, a three week layover in the summer doesn't seem to bother  
the starting......my guess is that the summer humidity slows down fuel  
evaporation.
 
So, assuming the battery is being completely charged and is holding a  
charge, if it starts fine and runs fine after it's been running and turned off,  
I'd say that the cranky starting after a long layover is just the "nature 
of the  beast".
 
Chip Krout
Delaware Valley Triumphs, Ltd.
Skippack, PA 
1962 TR4  CT2052L
 
 
 
In a message dated 3/4/2013 12:46:31 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
wsb1960tr3a at att.net writes:

After  not driving for 3 weeks it cranks slower
than I would like and tries to  start and dies. It eventually will  start.