The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

Hi rob thanks for the info you were right about the engine, she now lives in ipswich( Sproughton)
And after close inspection I decided to give her a heart transplant and is now up and running and is used every weekend and even been up to Wolverhampton for a show
Regards
Tom

Spotted this sprint at weely Classic bike and car show on Sunday
That's a nice sprint I thought. Walked up to the open bonnet and saw a rover v8 engine sitting nicely in the engine bay(sounded awesome)Had a nice chat with the owner Mike and I haven't forgot about the spares you offered Mike let me ...

I'm in Colchester so I'm a bit tucked in the corner of the country and working away so I definitely won't have the time too fit it. Would be nice to give it to someone who knows the dolomite sprint as they would also have a love for the car they are working on and not just thinking about the money

Is it coming back or sold??

Tony
It's definitely coming back Tony :D I'm moving house so she has a temporary home, collecting a new engine next week and I'm working away so ill give it to someone who can put the engine in for me and when I get back she will be up and running properly,not sure who ...

My dolly off to a new home and soon to have a heart transplant

I got a quote from robsport about the cost of rebuilding my engine. To have a straight rebuild was £3,000. They showed me a rebuilt one and it looked fantastic. If you count up the man hours to get the engine looking as good as they have its probably worth it plus it would have guarantee with it. If ...

Absolutely beautiful car mart I look on with envious eyes, I think the new owner will be very happy

Hi all
I was checking the ignition timing the other day when all of a sudden the car cuts out , I took the distributor cap off and asked the better half to crank the engine over and I discovered that their was no spark ,checked the coil and that was fine so I decided to change the points and ...

I had similar problem , I also thought everything was ok
I ended up rebuilding the carbs and when I put them back on I still had the same issues,so i bought new floats and and valves and that cured the problem, i would have a look at changing the floats and valves first
Hope this helps

Can't wait pck should be all but ready for the journey

I will be over their for the southern 100 in July. Can't wait for that

My partner is from the iom so as you can guess my evenings have been taken up by watching the TT
I must say hats off to all that ride in the races. The on board camera footage takes my breath away.it's not like your usual race meeting where else would you be able to just walk into the pit area and ...

Ok update on my carb problem thanks for all the advice given :thumbsup:
Mahesh you were right my spindles weren't set right :roll: and Jon I went to robsport and bought new floats as I had already got new needles and after a bit of tweaking she fired up with the jets on about 10 flats :D just need ...

The float height seems ok ill check again tomorrow
And the pipes are on in the correct order

[quote="Mahesh"]Did you position you needles correctly, ie with the needle guide flush to the bottom.

Also sounds like spindles are not fully closing.

Thanks for the reply
Yes I did Mahesh I double checked that when I had a read up on faults, it's all a bit baffling. I've even tried turning the ...