<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><h1 class="ty-product-block-title" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-weight: normal; word-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 5px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(237, 242, 245);"><span style="font-size: 21px;">Usually when a Triumph starts without being choked it means the float bowl needles are sticking a bit open. Dump the contents of your float bowls into a white bowl to see if there's any small particles that might be causing the needles to stick.</span></h1><h1 class="ty-product-block-title" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-weight: normal; word-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 5px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(237, 242, 245);"><span style="font-size: 21px;">I dump my ZS float bowls annually, and always before a long road trip, and I have two different gas filters, but stuff always shows up in spite of coating the gas tank.</span></h1><div><span style="font-size: 21px;">Bud</span></div><br>Sent from my Commodore 64</div><div><br>On Oct 27, 2019, at 8:06 PM, TERRY SMITH <<a href="mailto:terryrs@comcast.net">terryrs@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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So my TR3 has been abruptly starting up with no choke. But after driving, I'd had to push throttle completely down to get it to restart, like after spending a few minutes shopping for replacement workboots or food.
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I figgered, hmmm...., easy start up in the cold with no choke, it must be running a bit rich already. Checked the carbs and found the forward carb would tend to increase a bit when I lifted the piston a bit. Adjusted the nut (upwards) to lean it out until that didn't seem an issue. Ran the engine. Shut it off. Waited. Re-started without the throttle easily.
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'Scuse me. THAT seems too freakin' easy! Could it be????
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Terry Smith, '59 Tr3A
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New Hampshire, where I have maybe 4 more weeks of driving (albeit with winter coat).
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