<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Greig,</div><div><br></div><div>Had a friend with Strombergs on his E-Type doing the same thing. After all the frustrations of pressure and float levels, I learned of a problem with Strombergs, from a Harley-Davidson forum, that the float bowl gasket can be just a hair too wide or misaligned and block the float from fully rising. Trimmed the gasket, problem solved. </div><div><br></div><div>May not be your problem, but worth checking. </div><div><br></div><div>BTDT,</div><div>Bill B</div><div>TS30800L</div><div><br></div><div><br>On Mar 12, 2016, at 9:52 PM, Creig Houghtaling <<a href="mailto:creig555@live.com">creig555@live.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div>
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Adjusted the floats. Pulled the chokes to get started. Cranked a few times and didn't start. Figured it needed fuel pumped. So I pulled the manual lever to fill the carbs. Stopped pumping when I saw gasoline squirting out the choke (enrichment) valve. I am
confused about what could be going on here. I have other carbs I can pull the valve and trade. But that may not be the whole story.
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<div><font color="black" size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="4">Another possibility is if the float bowl vents are clogged there is no place for the air to go and the floats will never rise up to shut off the gas flow.</font>
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From: <a href="mailto:Wbeech@flash.net">Wbeech@flash.net</a> <<a href="mailto:wbeech@flash.net">wbeech@flash.net</a>><br>
To: Creig Houghtaling <<a href="mailto:creig555@live.com">creig555@live.com</a>><br>
Cc: Dave <<a href="mailto:dave1massey@cs.com">dave1massey@cs.com</a>>; triumphs <<a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a>><br>
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<div>Ditto Dave. </div>
<div>Just had that same problem with a recent non-TR acquisition. PO had installed the higher pressure pump and the car instantly flooded as soon as it was turned off. Much fiddling and head scratching before I replaced the fuel pump
with a 2-3psi Facet and problem was solved. <br>
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On Mar 12, 2016, at 8:31 AM, Creig Houghtaling <<a target="_blank" removedlink__aef20a8f-2d9b-432d-a9ae-c8b58ed22339__href="mailto:creig555@live.com">creig555@live.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="black" size="4"><font size="4">Is he running an electric fuel pump? If so is it a 2 - 3 PSI unit or the higher, more common 5 - 7 PSI pump? the higher pressure may be overcoming the float valves.</font>
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From: Creig Houghtaling <<a target="_blank" removedlink__aef20a8f-2d9b-432d-a9ae-c8b58ed22339__href="mailto:creig555@live.com">creig555@live.com</a>><br>
To: Triumph List <<a target="_blank" removedlink__aef20a8f-2d9b-432d-a9ae-c8b58ed22339__href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a>><br>
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Subject: [TR] TR6 Stromberg question<br>
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<div class="aolReplacedBody">My friend's TR6 was running poorly. After the car had been running, and was turned off, I noticed drips of gasoline dropping from the port below the forward carb just in front of the intake manifold. I concluded the Gross jet was
not stopping the flow of gas to the carb and gas was getting pushed into the engine. So I replaced both float valves with standard valves and also changed both floats. After putting everything back together, I ran the car for a few minutes and turned it off.
It was dripping gas out the same port. Looked in the throat from the air filter side and saw a small puddle of gas in the lower area right in front of the venturi. As far as I know, that means the gas isn't shutting off. Perhaps I didn't adjust the float correctly.
Or there is something at the fuel inlet orifice allowing gas to bypass the valve. Is there anything I am missing here? Could the enrichment valve (choke) be the culprit? I haven't touched that yet. I adjusted the new float to fully close the valve when the
mold line of the float was parallel with the horizontal edge of the carb where the fuel reservoir attaches.<br>
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Am I missing anything else here? <br>
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