Won't start after long layup
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captain_70s
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Re: Won't start after long layup
Aye, fingers crossed it'll be nothing too serious!
1976 Triumph Dolomite 1850HL "Trevor, the Tenaciously Terrible Triumph" - Rotten as a pear and dissolving into a field in rural Aberdeenshire.
1977 Triumph Dolomite 1300 "Daisy, the Dilapidated Dolomite of Disaster" - Major resto, planned for completion 2021.
1983 Triumph Acclaim L "Angus, the Arguably Adequate Acclaim - On the road as a daily driver.
1977 Triumph Dolomite 1300 "Daisy, the Dilapidated Dolomite of Disaster" - Major resto, planned for completion 2021.
1983 Triumph Acclaim L "Angus, the Arguably Adequate Acclaim - On the road as a daily driver.
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Larry 1300
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Re: Won't start after long layup
Captain_70 came over and helped me get the car started.
He checked for a spark and one was present. Then he drew petrol from the tank and filled the dashpot.
Running well now.
Thanks Anthony for your help.
He checked for a spark and one was present. Then he drew petrol from the tank and filled the dashpot.
Running well now.
Thanks Anthony for your help.
Thanks
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dollyman
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Re: Won't start after long layup
Good result, well done AnthonyLarry 1300 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10, 2021 4:23 pm Captain_70 came over and helped me get the car started.
He checked for a spark and one was present. Then he drew petrol from the tank and filled the dashpot.
Running well now.
Thanks Anthony for your help.
Tony.
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captain_70s
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Re: Won't start after long layup
https://youtu.be/pVnDXvZvqu8
All running sweetly again, was just a case of hand pumping fuel up to the pump to get a reliable flow of petrol. It must have drained back to the tank/evaporated out of the float bowl and the mechanical pumps take an age to drag the fuel up from the tank when they're sucking air. Usually by the time fuel gets to the carb the battery is too weak to start the car!
Happy to help, was good to meet up with another local Dolly owner! Great wee car too, no rot, original paint and a sweet motor.
1976 Triumph Dolomite 1850HL "Trevor, the Tenaciously Terrible Triumph" - Rotten as a pear and dissolving into a field in rural Aberdeenshire.
1977 Triumph Dolomite 1300 "Daisy, the Dilapidated Dolomite of Disaster" - Major resto, planned for completion 2021.
1983 Triumph Acclaim L "Angus, the Arguably Adequate Acclaim - On the road as a daily driver.
1977 Triumph Dolomite 1300 "Daisy, the Dilapidated Dolomite of Disaster" - Major resto, planned for completion 2021.
1983 Triumph Acclaim L "Angus, the Arguably Adequate Acclaim - On the road as a daily driver.
Re: Won't start after long layup
Well done for helping outcaptain_70s wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10, 2021 4:54 pm
https://youtu.be/pVnDXvZvqu8
All running sweetly again, was just a case of hand pumping fuel up to the pump to get a reliable flow of petrol. It must have drained back to the tank/evaporated out of the float bowl and the mechanical pumps take an age to drag the fuel up from the tank when they're sucking air. Usually by the time fuel gets to the carb the battery is too weak to start the car!
Happy to help, was good to meet up with another local Dolly owner! Great wee car too, no rot, original paint and a sweet motor.
Re: Won't start after long layup
Good work Sir! 
Yes indeed....
+1
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Re: Won't start after long layup
Excellent!
1978 Pageant Sprint - the rustomite, 1972 Spitfire IV - sprintfire project, 1968 Valencia GT6 II - little Blue, 1980 Vermillion 1500HL - resting. 1974 Sienna 1500TC, Mrs Weevils big brown.