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1. Interesting fact when cars won't start (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 17:09:48 EST
British Car magazine had an interesting article on troubleshooting the problem if your car won't start. 90% of the time it's an electrical problem, 9% of the time it's a fuel problem and 1% of the ti
/html/triumphs/2000-12/msg00871.html (7,559 bytes)

2. RE: Interesting fact when cars won't start (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 08:29:19 -0500
or as otherwise put: 90% of all carb problems are electrical in nature. Jim Altman jaltman@altlaw.com Illigitimi non Carborundum http://www.altlaw.com/metro/jaltman.html 69-TR6 76-TR7 80-TR8 W4UCK Br
/html/triumphs/2000-12/msg00883.html (8,321 bytes)

3. Re: Interesting fact when cars won't start (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 12:06:35 -0500
Many years ago a elderly mechanic told to me always remember 95% of all carb problems are ="electrical"=, so Jim and Art I guess we come the same school, well within 5% of the same on anyway. "FT"
/html/triumphs/2000-12/msg00893.html (8,197 bytes)

4. Re: Interesting fact when cars won't start (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 14:37:45 EST
Cool. Art
/html/triumphs/2000-12/msg00901.html (8,107 bytes)

5. Re: Interesting fact when cars won't start (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 12:53:59 -0800
Sounds to me like old mechanics were lousy diagnosticians ! Or else worked on too many electrical carburetors. (Don't laugh, my wife's Chevy had one !) Randall
/html/triumphs/2000-12/msg00902.html (8,526 bytes)

6. Re: Interesting fact when cars won't start (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 23:02:03 -0600
From Randall Young <randallyoung at earthlink.net> My old V4 SAABs had electric chokes. I am not making this up. Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban
/html/triumphs/2000-12/msg00926.html (8,699 bytes)

7. Re: Interesting fact when cars won't start (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 07:33:49 -0500
Hey, don't knock those electric chokes on the V4. I loved my Saab Sonnet, electric choke or not. Tedd Ross Pitts, Broadcast Transcripts (w) 202-824-0537 Emergency e-mail 7036248817@mobile.att.net 150
/html/triumphs/2000-12/msg00931.html (9,059 bytes)

8. Re: Interesting fact when cars won't start (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 12:24:07 -0500
Message text written by "Phil Ethier" < Electric chokes are actually quite common. There are the electric enrichment devices used on 60's vintage Jag saloons and then there are the electricly heated,
/html/triumphs/2000-12/msg00939.html (8,774 bytes)

9. Re: Interesting fact when cars won't start (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 21:32:45 EST
Dick O'kane wrote in a 1960's "tongue in cheek" book on foreign car repair:"carburettor is a French word that means ....leave it alone!" In today's cars non start conditions are 95% the computer! Esp
/html/triumphs/2000-12/msg01055.html (8,580 bytes)

10. Re: Interesting fact when cars won't start (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 23:19:36 EST
Tongue-in-cheek? Perhaps, but that book was probably THE inspiration for me. Without it, I'd probably be in some other hobby, and other mechanics would've gotten a lot more of my money over the past
/html/triumphs/2000-12/msg01057.html (8,904 bytes)

11. Re: Interesting fact when cars won't start (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 21:46:00 -0700
Fortunately all that money Andy saved on mechanics went towards stockpiling Bud me. would've
/html/triumphs/2000-12/msg01058.html (9,677 bytes)

12. Re: Interesting fact when cars won't start (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 23:29:13 -0600
"How to Repair your Foreign Car". One of the funniest books ever written about cars (or anything else). Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Tr
/html/triumphs/2000-12/msg01062.html (9,437 bytes)

13. Re: Interesting fact when cars won't start (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 09:13:00 -0600
So I have the name and author of the book, how about some publishing details? Sounds like a great book. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brian Borgstede ! Distance Learning Engineer
/html/triumphs/2000-12/msg01074.html (9,328 bytes)

14. Re: Interesting fact when cars won't start (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 10:04:07 -0800
Currently out of print, but a search of Barnes & Noble: http://www.bn.com Out of print section shows several copies at around $50.00 each...I have already ordered the cheapest one <G> -- Bill Pugh ak
/html/triumphs/2000-12/msg01082.html (9,280 bytes)

15. Re: Interesting fact when cars won't start (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 13:35:36 -0700
For those interested, try 21 North Main: http://www.21northmain.com I got one through them last night for $14.00 + shipping. Cheers. -- Michael D. Porter Roswell, NM [mailto: mporter@zianet.com] `70
/html/triumphs/2000-12/msg01085.html (10,372 bytes)

16. Re: Interesting fact when cars won't start (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 15:44:08 -0500
Oh, sure, tell me this AFTER I pay $44.00 for my copy. D'oh! Tedd Ross Pitts 73 Spitfire FM1200U (LHD) 63 Spitfire FC14380L (LHD)
/html/triumphs/2000-12/msg01086.html (10,029 bytes)

17. Re: Interesting fact when cars won't start (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 13:46:00 -0700
21 North Main is a clearinghouse for used book sellers, so I still have to get confirmation from the original bookseller. (!) If they can sell it to you for $44, I might get left out. <smile> them fi
/html/triumphs/2000-12/msg01087.html (9,832 bytes)

18. Re: Interesting fact when cars won't start (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 15:28:15 -0800
Michael must have gotten the last "cheap" one, the only one listed there now is $41.00 or was that a typo Michael?? <G> -- Bill Pugh aka Wily 1957 TR-3 aka Casper TS16765L
/html/triumphs/2000-12/msg01096.html (10,788 bytes)

19. RE: Interesting fact when cars won't start (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 18:58:49 -0800
They must be monitoring this list. Today it's $40.00 :( Kg --Original Message-- From owner-triumphs at autox.team.net [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Michael D. Porter Sent: Thursd
/html/triumphs/2000-12/msg01098.html (10,290 bytes)

20. Re: Interesting fact when cars won't start (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 21:43:51 -0600
From Brian Borgstede <borgstede at umsl.edu> Doubleday and company, Inc. Garden City, New York Library of Congress catalog card 68-12158 Copyright 1968 by J. Richard O'Kane The line drawings are by J
/html/triumphs/2000-12/msg01104.html (10,056 bytes)


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