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1. [TR] Car trouble in Hannibal, Mo (score: 1): Author: Roger Elliott <elliottr@rmi.net>; Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 07:38:26 -0500 (GMT-05:00); Hi, We have been driving my wife's TR 250 through Ohio for the last week. It has been running great until we stopped for gas. It started out fine, but as we were pulling on the highway, it didn't hav; /html/triumphs/2013-10/msg00074.html (9,631 bytes)
2. Re: [TR] Car trouble in Hannibal, Mo (score: 1): Author: alan salvatore <alansalvy@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 08:45:50 -0400; A coil going bad will cause the car to quit on you. Check your other diaphragm. Al ** triumphs@autox.team.net ** Archive: http://www.team.net/archive; /html/triumphs/2013-10/msg00075.html (9,786 bytes)
3. Re: [TR] Car trouble in Hannibal, Mo (score: 1): Author: Dave Massey <dave1massey@cs.com>; Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 09:36:06 -0400 (EDT); Did you by chance fill up with diesel? With enough gas mixed in it might still run but poorly. I don't know of any shops in Hannibal but maybe if you start working on it whistling a happy tuen you ca; /html/triumphs/2013-10/msg00076.html (10,213 bytes)
4. Re: [TR] Car trouble in Hannibal, Mo (score: 1): Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>; Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 08:37:55 -0500; It almost has to be electrical or fuel delivery, unlikely that a vacuum leak would come up out of the blue and be so bad that it killed the car completely. When you say it doesn't seem to be electric; /html/triumphs/2013-10/msg00077.html (11,836 bytes)
5. Re: [TR] Car trouble in Hannibal, Mo (score: 1): Author: Creig Houghtaling <creig555@live.com>; Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 09:01:03 -0500; In Missouri some pumps have diesel and gasoline from the same pump. But usually gasoline is one pump hose and diesel is a different (green) pump hose and handle. If you need someone with Triumph expe; /html/triumphs/2013-10/msg00078.html (13,247 bytes)
6. Re: [TR] Car trouble in Hannibal, Mo (score: 1): Author: "TeriAnn J. Wakeman" <tjwakeman@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 07:13:18 -0700; I once accidentally filled 2 of the Land Rover's 3 fuel tanks up with diesel. I was tired and it was the first time I had encountered a single pump stand that pumped both petrol and diesel. The truck; /html/triumphs/2013-10/msg00079.html (10,804 bytes)
7. Re: [TR] Car trouble in Hannibal, Mo (score: 1): Author: Chad <triumph74tr6@yahoo.com>; Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 08:34:04 -0700 (PDT); I had that happen with my MGB.....turned out the gas was bad ...lots of water in it. I put in 6 cans of HEET gas treatment to dry out the gas and got it running good enough to go down the road....bur; /html/triumphs/2013-10/msg00080.html (9,735 bytes)
8. Re: [TR] Car trouble in Hannibal, Mo (score: 1): Author: Bud R <levilevi@comcast.net>; Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 11:00:58 -0600; Compression, spark, fuel. Assuming you didn't blown all the rings out at once you need to know if you have spark at the end of a spark plug wire and gas from the fuel pump to the carbs. Testing for s; /html/triumphs/2013-10/msg00081.html (12,610 bytes)
9. Re: [TR] Car trouble in Hannibal, Mo (score: 1): Author: "Dave" <dave@ranteer.com>; Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 12:10:58 -0500; if you have electronic ignition, and the alternator is going bad, those are pretty much the symptoms. ask me how I know . . . Hi, We have been driving my wife's TR 250 through Ohio for the last week.; /html/triumphs/2013-10/msg00082.html (10,451 bytes)
10. Re: [TR] Car trouble in Hannibal, Mo (score: 1): Author: Roger Elliott <elliottr@rmi.net>; Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 20:00:33 -0500; Hi Everyone, Thanks for the suggestions. We ended up renting a truck and trailer to get the car home. A few more details that I did not include in the first email as I was using a tablet and it was n; /html/triumphs/2013-10/msg00084.html (12,809 bytes)
11. Re: [TR] Car trouble in Hannibal, Mo (score: 1): Author: "Kinderlehrer" <kinderlehrer@comcast.net>; Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 18:47:19 -0700; I've had 2 Pertronix units fail, neither time was it a complete quit, but the symptoms were misfiring and backfiring. Still, might be worth putting in points, at least until you figure out what's goi; /html/triumphs/2013-10/msg00085.html (11,811 bytes)
12. Re: [TR] Car trouble in Hannibal, Mo (score: 1): Author: "ptegler" <ptegler@verizon.net>; Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 23:17:43 -0400; did you check for fuel flow blockage (tank segiment) and or vacuum in the tank (blocked vent starving the carbs) Paul Tegler ptegler@verizon.net www.teglerizer.com -- Original Message -- From: "Roger; /html/triumphs/2013-10/msg00086.html (10,824 bytes)
13. Re: [TR] Car trouble in Hannibal, Mo (score: 1): Author: WBEECH <wbeech@flash.net>; Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 22:51:06 -0500; Roger, good to hear you made it home. From that. Description I would point to the fuel filter, then points and condenser. Bill Sent from my iPhone the car home. a tablet and it was not working well.; /html/triumphs/2013-10/msg00087.html (13,559 bytes)
14. Re: [TR] Car trouble in Hannibal, Mo (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 03:52:25 +0000 (UTC); Check the little wire that connects the breaker plate to the distributer body. The rivet can loosen and give intermittent results. I had this happen to my TR4, and moved the wire to the stud that mou; /html/triumphs/2013-10/msg00088.html (11,868 bytes)
15. Re: [TR] Car trouble in Hannibal, Mo (score: 1): Author: Dave1massey@cs.com; Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 07:35:55 -0400 (EDT); Sounds like fuel delivery to me. BTDT. You may have picked up some crud that is blocking the fuel line and only allowing enough fuel to support idle. Once you take off and empty the float bowls the c; /html/triumphs/2013-10/msg00090.html (9,858 bytes)
16. [TR] Car trouble in Hannibal, Mo (score: 1): Author: "Jim Vassiliadis" <jimstr4@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 07:32:23 +1300; A while ago I reconditioned my fuel pump and managed to put it back with the lever under the camshaft instead of over or was it vica versa. Whichever it was the wrong way and it did the same as yours; /html/triumphs/2013-10/msg00093.html (9,212 bytes)
17. Re: [TR] Car trouble in Hannibal, Mo (score: 1): Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>; Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 22:18:08 -0500; Just saw a news report about contaminated gas in the Omaha area, not so far from Hannibal MO, that it might not come from the same refinery... But I still bet on the fuel blockage or delivery issue t; /html/triumphs/2013-10/msg00097.html (9,618 bytes)
18. Re: [TR] Car trouble in Hannibal, Mo (score: 1): Author: Roger Elliott <elliottr@rmi.net>; Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 18:32:08 -0600; Hi All, I want to thank everyone for their suggestions on what could be wrong and to give an update as to the actual cause. But first a couple of things I tried. Tried popping open the gas cap - no h; /html/triumphs/2013-11/msg00018.html (10,912 bytes)

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