The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

well,its booked in for mot 2moro(friday)
everything is done and checked
roll on 2moro

PASSED mot today with NO advisories nearly there,,,tax the bugger next 1st oct

now taxed but starts from 1st of oct but no tax disc but got a receipt for £79.75 6months

Congratulations on getting it back on the road .

JUst about to tax my one - it will be odd never to have a tax disc again.

not long now til`on the road ,,,,just got hold of pair of overriders(underriders ) but no rubbers on them,any one got couple going spare?
thanks for now

good news,im back on the road,,,went really good today first run out,needs little fettling,think timing is degree or 2 out,,something to do 2moro
no whines or nasty noises from engine,gearbox or axle,diff is quite,,does need changing for longer legs(better ratio) quite inside so the seals and door trims are good...but its still brown

well,not so good,,fuel pump wrong! fuel pump not giving enough to carb,,,found out i need the tkc3417 round arm not flat as installed
would anyone have one spare?
bit short on cash now,was not ready for this

I've had this poor fuel delivery several times recently and in every case the pump has been perfect (in the case of PSB it was brand new) The problem was furring up of the pickup pipe in the bottom of the tank and seems to be most prevalent when the car has been laid up for a good while. The cure involves draining the tank and then rodding out the pipe Dyno-Rod style. An opened out wire coat hanger is perfect for the job!

Steve

i thought the same as you,so this afternoon took tank out and steamed clean and air line everything til clean,all pipes are cleaned and new hoses was fitted before mot,still the same,,,my engine is DH95866HEY which apparently is curved fuel pump arm not straight as fitted,straight was fitted before i got it but engine numbers dont tally up to what listing says

If it helps I have this curved arm one, I think it's brand new, however, not sure of the condition but it makes a good slurping noise when operating the arm.



Yours for the cost of postage if you wish?

just pm`d you doloWIGHTY

all sorted,thanks all

next hiccup
got fuel pump of doloWIGHTY (thank you ) but now need the spacer block,,any one got one?

You're more than welcome - hope it does the trick.


Just had a look through to see if I had a spacer for you but no, I do have some more curved arm pumps if that one is no good.

Can I suggest you put a wanted ad in the Wanted Section of the forum, there must be someone who has one for you.

That's a short arm pump and doesnt need a spacer block.

Long arm pumps fitted to some 1850's, TR7's and Sprints need the spacer.

I've never seen a spacer on an ohv, although some have, and that would be a none spacer type if it were on a slant.

Thinking outside the box, you could always go electric and fit one from a Moggie thou.

Jonners

well,it did have a flat arm pump when i got and it was leaking so i bought new like for like
its starts and runs but under 2000 rpm
looking at fuel pumps,there 2 different ones ,,early engine uses flat arm pump upto dh81000 and later uses curved dh81001,,thinking that this is the problem
electric fuel pump is last last resort