Fitz
There are ways to "pre-oil" the system..but if he is getting oil
pressure, I cant answer the absense of oil at the rocker arms.
I will enlist the "Friends Of Triumph" for a better answer than I am
able to give.
Help...FOT?
Thanks, Joe
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>From: Paul Fitzsimmons
>Sent: Tuesday, April 8, 1997 10:56 PM
>To: Alexander Joseph H
>Subject: TR3 Oil Pressure
>
>Joe,
>A friend of mine here in Dubuque restored a TR3 nd then didn't drive it
>for several years. He finally decided to get it going and started it
>Saturday. He said he had oil pressure, but no oil to the lifters. Is
>there a way to prime a Triumph oil system? I was going to tell him to
>disconnect the coil wire, take out the plugs and turn it over until he
>gets oil up, but shouldn't he prime it? If so, how?
>Fitz
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