74 Triumph 2000 mk2 dangerously slow and sluggish.
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 9:12 am
Hi guys,
Basically I'm just wondering if you could shed some light on a situation I'm having.
I've recently bought a triumph 2000 mk2 that has been sat in storage for a very long time. 35 years if I remember rightly. The car is the 2.0 manual overdrive with twin strombergs and basically I'm having a vit of trouble with it.
When I rev the car it's slow to respond
It's slow to rev up
The rpm drops slowly after revving
The car is dreadfully slow, I have to drive flat footed just to get up to speed at a somewhat safe pace.
Whilst pulled up in a shell garage I had a look at the carbs diaphragm and oil pots, both were fine and the butterfly valves were opening fully as they should. As if things weren't bad already on the way home from the shell garage after realising she's not well I changed into 3rd and thought I'd play with the overdrive. I flicked it into overdrive and it made a noise like an automatic box changing up a gear. Then all of a sudden I lost all power, there was a deep tone and added vibration and then the car cut out. It would start up again although it sounded like it had a misfire. I'd just fited a new sports ignition coil so I knew this wasnt an issue and there was no lights on the dash. All my points are as they should be and the engines timed correctly. At the time we assumed we might have dropped or bent a valve although we decided this wasnt the issue as the engine itself wasnt making any nasty noises. This was then leading me to beleive my overdrive is shot and I need a new overdrive solenoid. After a quick check it turns out that wasn't the issue either. I decided id get some carb cleaner and squirt around the carbs. It was quite clear that I have a vaccine leak between the carb inlet and the manifold. I can take the manifold intake pipes off and cover them completely with my hands and the engine will still run fine. Would something this simple make such a drastic change in performance? Please exuse my lack of experience. I have a young inexperienced mind being just 21. I've never owned a triumph, used a manual overdrive box or owned a car this old. Any help or advice you could give me would be much appreciated.
A bit of info for those interested. The car is a 2.0 with twin stombergs and manual overdrive. It has covered just 36,000 miles from new and has been dry stored in a garage under cover and all the crome taped for what i beleive was 35 years. The original owner bought it when it was just a year old to pull a caravan, the caravan was sold after 3 years, his misus used it for a couple years after and thought it was too big so it was stored ever since.
Thanks.
Regards,
Ben.
Basically I'm just wondering if you could shed some light on a situation I'm having.
I've recently bought a triumph 2000 mk2 that has been sat in storage for a very long time. 35 years if I remember rightly. The car is the 2.0 manual overdrive with twin strombergs and basically I'm having a vit of trouble with it.
When I rev the car it's slow to respond
It's slow to rev up
The rpm drops slowly after revving
The car is dreadfully slow, I have to drive flat footed just to get up to speed at a somewhat safe pace.
Whilst pulled up in a shell garage I had a look at the carbs diaphragm and oil pots, both were fine and the butterfly valves were opening fully as they should. As if things weren't bad already on the way home from the shell garage after realising she's not well I changed into 3rd and thought I'd play with the overdrive. I flicked it into overdrive and it made a noise like an automatic box changing up a gear. Then all of a sudden I lost all power, there was a deep tone and added vibration and then the car cut out. It would start up again although it sounded like it had a misfire. I'd just fited a new sports ignition coil so I knew this wasnt an issue and there was no lights on the dash. All my points are as they should be and the engines timed correctly. At the time we assumed we might have dropped or bent a valve although we decided this wasnt the issue as the engine itself wasnt making any nasty noises. This was then leading me to beleive my overdrive is shot and I need a new overdrive solenoid. After a quick check it turns out that wasn't the issue either. I decided id get some carb cleaner and squirt around the carbs. It was quite clear that I have a vaccine leak between the carb inlet and the manifold. I can take the manifold intake pipes off and cover them completely with my hands and the engine will still run fine. Would something this simple make such a drastic change in performance? Please exuse my lack of experience. I have a young inexperienced mind being just 21. I've never owned a triumph, used a manual overdrive box or owned a car this old. Any help or advice you could give me would be much appreciated.
A bit of info for those interested. The car is a 2.0 with twin stombergs and manual overdrive. It has covered just 36,000 miles from new and has been dry stored in a garage under cover and all the crome taped for what i beleive was 35 years. The original owner bought it when it was just a year old to pull a caravan, the caravan was sold after 3 years, his misus used it for a couple years after and thought it was too big so it was stored ever since.
Thanks.
Regards,
Ben.