Was out of town for a couple months and my little TR3 was put to bed without
any preparation (left town in kind of a hurry, and drive the car practically
daily in decent weather.
When I got back, it wouldnâ??t start without starting fluid, and ran terribly,
was rally hard to get off idle. Needed choke to run. Underivable.
So I went through what it could be - figured something on startup. Put some
fuel treatment in the gas - thinking it had lost oomph while sitting, but
running was really bad. Changed plugs, checked fuel pump, timing (have
pertronix) etc. seemed like cylinder 2 was not firing -
Plug was definitely not fouled or as dark as other plugs. Checked wiring -
switched plug wires, new red rotor, new distributor cap (I use the MG cap with
push in connectors), then found that if I removed the plug wires one at a time,
it would nearly die, except for number 2.
Checked valve lash and reset, tied again - checked compression - 133 - 137
across the board. Got it running again, got better, then ran good enough to
drive - went fine.
OK - So maybe bad gas. Would Jake sense that the fuel srtailizer and octane
booster finally worked its way to the cars. But, still, cylinder 2 doesnâ??t
affect engine running as much if spark wire pulled. Is this a function of the
firing order? I cant imagine what it could be - cant be carb - feeds number 1
as well. Has big spark, as do all the plugs, and from the cap.
Any ideas? Sorry for the length of this post and thanks in advance!
Perry
1960 tr3a overdrive
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