Dave: Seems like it could be fuel percolating in the float bowls. You might
want to try taking it for a good warm-up ride again,and then set up an
external floor or table fan to blow relatively cool air across the carbs for
a few minutes and then take it for a ride again to see if you can duplicate
the previous problem.
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: <DLylis@aol.com>
To: <Chip19474@aol.com>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] Apparent vapor lock
> To all, Thanks.
> Yes it is the 3A. Sorry I should have been more specific.
> I have one of Joe Alexander's heat shields, but also have a header on this
> car.
> It has a 270 degree modified cam from BPNW
> Pulling out the choke makes it worse.
> Today I "fluttered" the gas pedal and increased RPMs and it cleared up but
> returned soon after I drove with a steady position on the pedal. This
> tells
> me that it is being fed too much fuel (?), and to be honest, behaves like
> it
> is only one carb.
> When I shut off the car the temp gauge goes a little north of the mark
> between 185 and 230.
> The thermo bypass hose was plugged when I disassembled the motor but I
> did
> not replug in when I reassembled.
> I drove this car about 35 minutes to breakfast with my Sunday LBC chums
> and
> 35 minutes back hitting speeds near 80 MPH (OD) and the car ran like a
> champ.
> I pulled into the garage, went into the house to get something and about
> 5
> minutes later started her again and drove off. It started missing about
> two
> minutes after that. That describes the experience 2 or 3 times in the
> past.
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