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Re: TR3A Runs great til it gets warmed up!

To: "Kinderlehrer" <kinderlehrer@mindspring.com>, "levilevi" <levilevi@attbi.com>, <triumphs@autox.team.net>, "Patrick Cantwell" <cantwell@gte.net>
Subject: Re: TR3A Runs great til it gets warmed up!
From: "Fred Thomas" <vafred@erols.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 17:08:14 -0500
References: <000201c298ab$bbc6c230$8f7ba8c0@HPHOME> <000f01c298b1$c92873a0$71a3fd0c@attbi.com> <008401c298b6$69b47860$04000005@computer>
> > Oh and the reason it runs good when cold is that its using that extra
gas
> as
> > if it's being choked...I'd bet you don't have to use the choke much when
> you
> > first start it.  Once the engine is warm though it becomes a too rich
> > mixture situation (and hence the black plugs) and won't run for beans.
> >
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> Or maybe it's just that the choke isn't working well on the front carb and
> pushing in the knob in the cockpit isn't actually causing the lever to
push
> the jet up.
>
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1- Timing
2- bad condenser (cutting out after warm-up)
3-cracked dist cap
4-2 bad plug wires 1 & 2
4A- all of the above

5-As Bob K says above
6-As Bud says above

Remember 95 % of "ALL" carb problems are electrical. "FT"

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