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1. TR3A Won't Start (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 07:16:56 -0500charset="iso-8859-1"; Fellow LisTRs -- I received my '58 TR3A (TS41439L) not quite 2 weeks ago. If some of you recall, when I got it, it wouldn't start. The car was transported over 5000 miles during a two week delivery s; /html/triumphs/2000-01/msg01987.html (7,769 bytes)
2. Re: TR3A Won't Start (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 07:47:44 -0600; Have you tried putting some fresh fuel in the car? It doesn't take gasoline very long to attract moisture/go stale. I would suggest that you disconnect and block the fuel line to the carbs, drain th; /html/triumphs/2000-01/msg01990.html (9,163 bytes)
3. Re: TR3A Won't Start (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 08:50:34 EST; By any chance, do you think that there is water in the fuel lines? Try disconnecting the line on the carb side of the gas pump. If you have an original gas pump, there is a priming lever on it. Pump; /html/triumphs/2000-01/msg01991.html (7,072 bytes)
4. Re: TR3A Won't Start (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 10:13:48 -0500; I think you dont have adequate fuel pressure.A common problem with SU carburators is the float jet sticking due to varnish or dirt. Remove the float cover and jet and clean with gum-out or a strong c; /html/triumphs/2000-01/msg01993.html (9,514 bytes)
5. Re: TR3A Won't Start (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 13:23:27 -0500; Randall where are you? Please tell this guy why, when he got the car to a chilly climate, it won't start. Is it so warm in CA that you don't use the choke? The other hints were that starting fluif ca; /html/triumphs/2000-01/msg01999.html (7,216 bytes)
6. Re: TR3A Won't Start (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 15:29:57 -0500charset="iso-8859-1"; Even a car with no gas tank, gas lines, etc. will start when either is spray into the combustion chamber, starter fluid is not the way to find out why a car will not start, and the choke on a T/R 3,; /html/triumphs/2000-01/msg02007.html (8,142 bytes)
7. Re: TR3A Won't Start (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 10:19:58 -0800; Red : More important than tightness of the choke linkage is : did it lower both jets, and by approx. the same amount ? In a pinch, just to get the engine running, you can simply disconnect the spring; /html/triumphs/2000-01/msg02013.html (9,231 bytes)
8. TR3A won't start (score: 1): Author: "" <avhodge@iwon.com>; Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 15:57:51 -0400 (EDT); Hi All I need some expertise. My 1960 TR3A won't start by itself. It just won't spin the engine fast enough. I took the battery out and put it in the TR250 and it cranks over, starts fine. I thought; /html/triumphs/2005-04/msg00234.html (6,691 bytes)
9. Re: TR3A won't start (score: 1): Author: Geo Hahn <ahwahnee@cybertrails.com>; Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 13:18:43 -0700; Could be, but first I would verify that you have a good ground strap connection to the block -- braided cable from a timing cover bolt to the d/s engine mount. Also be sure that the nut that holds th; /html/triumphs/2005-04/msg00235.html (7,169 bytes)
10. RE: TR3A won't start (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 16:10:22 -0700; Actually on a 3A, the original strap was from the motor side stud of the LH motor mount, to one of the frame bolts on the same mount. It's kind of hard to reach, but a good test is to feel the choke; /html/triumphs/2005-04/msg00236.html (7,357 bytes)

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