David,
I can't believe that you posted this message on July 3rd.
You wrote:
> Also, two members of my club had fuel pump failures on their
> TR6's at different times. The rod that the pump lever pivots
> on worked its way out, allowing the lever to drop out of
> position.
Make that THREE. I arrived at work Wednesday morning and the
TR was running like crap. It's been running great, but it just
wasn't happy when I got to work. There was a loud tapping sound
coming from the valve train, and I was sure that I had either
burned an exhaust valve, or had a guide failure of some sort.
I decided to try and drive it home, where it died about a mile
from my office. I was towed back to work, and left the car till
last night, my first opportunity to see what happened. Please note
that this is the FIRST time the TR has left me stranded in over
5 years of ownership. *sigh*
In an emotional fit of hope, I set all the valves at .015 to
see if in fact, a valve guide was sticking a valve. Adusting
all the valves revielded no problems. Started the car, and yes
it ran just fine, with the loud tapping noise. I drove it out of
the lot (uphill) and it died. Coasted back to the spot and
started to leave in a fit of frustration, visions of the head
being removed on my fresh engine.
I told myself, "If I didn't know better, I'd swear that this
thing just ran out of gas" Then it hit me. Check the pump.
The FRICKEN rod on the lever had worked it's way out of the
pump. I was happy! The down side is that the tapping of the
cam bashing on the lever has pretty much ruined the lever. Maybe
Moss will send me a new pump. It's only a month old.
The reason the car started again, was the siphon effect filling
the float bowls. Sheesh. That made it even more difficult to
blame the pump.
I shall put my rebuilt ORIGINAL pump back in the car today.
Who said that newer is better?
Cheers,
-Scotty '75TR6
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