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To: "Triumph TR3A" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Starting cold
From: "Francis P. Gowash" <fpgowash@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 14:47:36 -0400
Hi all
This has been a nuisance long enough to prompt me to ask the list.
My car (1958 TR3A) takes several tries at full choke to start after sitting
for a day or longer.
Then it takes a while to warm up....5 minutes or so. This is even when the
outside temp is above 50 deg F.
After driving it always starts fairly quick. 
I don't recall this type of problem back in the days when I was a kid and
having a car 3-4 years old!
Is this normal for this car? 
I do not have the fuel pump with the primer lever, unfortunately. Is the
fuel draining from the carbs, etc.?
Many Thanks, Fran
1958 TR3A
Somers, CT

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