Rammy's Ramblings

Bills Vs Beaks said:

did you use a spring from a ballpoint pen?

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I bet he did!! And he probably used some string, super glue, and a bent nail! You go, Mike!! Beat that McGyver!!

Do not get too hungry, angry, lonely, tired, scared as that halts your ability to be at peace.
Making a gratitude list helps me regain my balance.
Prayers help such as Serenity prayer because it puts focus on me and what is my responsibility,
Another one is for me that has proven valuable -
I forgive you for not being the person I thought you to be, and release you to be the person you are:. A precious child of our creator.

No pork or other meat at the foot of Budha....devout are vegetarian.

Bills Vs Beaks said:

did you use a spring from a ballpoint pen?

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That was so long ago I don't remember what happened that time but I seem to remember that it was the twin carbs that needed to be balanced and something else.

Needed to be balanced ON the road?? That is weird. I had a friend in college with a car that had dual carbs. Not all that much fun balancing them as I recall. I THINK there was at one time a Jaguar that had 3, what a bear.

Coming home the traffic in Norfolk slowed to a crawl as soon as you left the Navy base which meant you were at idle most of the way home. When they aren't balanced at idle the engine sounds like the connecting rods are knocking and as the RPM goes up the engine can exhibit some nasty vibrations (and I mean nasty) so it needs fixing right then. That car and I had a love hate relationship but it was a blast going down and around mountain roads.

But aren't you supposed to balance the carbs when you tune it up BEFORE getting stuck in rush hour traffic?

The TR3 was a unique beast and a change in humidity would change the engine balance. I'm not a mechanic and wasn't back then but I had a friend who loved Triumph but new what you had to do to keep them running.

Donna R. Raybon said:

No pork or other meat at the foot of Budha....devout are vegetarian.

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A common mis-conception I suspect. Even the long line of the Dalai Lama have eaten meat, including the current.. his holiness the 14th. He eats meat and the 1st Dalai Lama is said to have been born in a cattle pen, son of cattle and sheep keepers and Buddhists are not prohibited at all from eating meat. They just can't do it in the name of Buddha or kill it for food, but it's fine if someone else does that for them, which happens every day. When I was in Vietnam and Thailand, (both are predominantly Buddhist) meat dishes were on every local menu, and the open air market places were full of meat. I've even seen the orange robed monks buy it, and the 2nd most common meat eaten with unbridled veracity in both SE Asia and Tibet is pork..second only to poultry.

Mike CHS said:

The TR3 was a unique beast and a change in humidity would change the engine balance. I'm not a mechanic and wasn't back then but I had a friend who loved Triumph but new what you had to do to keep them running.

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Triumph had some nice models and some not so great ones.

Mike CHS said:

The TR3 was a unique beast and a change in humidity would change the engine balance. I'm not a mechanic and wasn't back then but I had a friend who loved Triumph but new what you had to do to keep them running.

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It came stock, with a tractor engine in it.
(I'm not kidding)

The 1st thing you had to have to keep them running was a good flashlight, and an extra set of batteries. Lucas...The Prince of Darkness

Mike CHS said:

That was so long ago I don't remember what happened that time but I seem to remember that it was the twin carbs that needed to be balanced and something else.

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Paint my car? sure. Remove rust? you bet. Change the brake lightbulbs? too easy. Change the tire valves? yeah ok if I have to. mess with the engine? heck no. engines are not my thing, sadly