brenem42901
09-13-2006, 12:40 AM
Hello fellow 3 wheeler friends,
I'm new here and would like to introduce myself. My name is Brendan Cronin, and I live in Washinton state in the suburbs of Seattle. A year and a half ago I found an 85 tri z that I had to have. it had 20 years of neglect and jerry rigging all over it. I spent a year acquiring parts for it and rebuilding and now have one sweet looking Tri Z! Now to my problem:
I took it out on Sunday for the first real ride to basically check for function and reliability. I only came across 2 problems:
1) The double axle lock nut loosened pretty bad. I may buy a locking style with a set-nut to solve the problem
2)The problem that baffles me is the motor cuts out at higher speeds and RPM. At first I thought I might be having a fuel starvation problem so I checked the screen in the fuel pump; it was okay. Now, I'm thinking it mak need a carb rebuild, as if one of the orfices in the carp is fouled up. The other possiblity I had pondered is that perhaps it has an electrical issue. It is not bogging, it is momentarilly cutting out. It reminds me of a safety design issue that was programmed into my friend's 1994 Pontiac Firebird 12 years ago. At 104 MPH the fuel pump would cycle on and off to govern speed. This was designed into that particular car because it did not have Z rated tires. Anyway, it seems very similar, where fuel flow would be interupted.
Any body have any ideas? I will post pictures of my pride and joy that I dubbed the name "THE MONEY PIT"
Thanks,
Brendan
P.S can't find spell check and I'm on my second Molson Ice
I'm new here and would like to introduce myself. My name is Brendan Cronin, and I live in Washinton state in the suburbs of Seattle. A year and a half ago I found an 85 tri z that I had to have. it had 20 years of neglect and jerry rigging all over it. I spent a year acquiring parts for it and rebuilding and now have one sweet looking Tri Z! Now to my problem:
I took it out on Sunday for the first real ride to basically check for function and reliability. I only came across 2 problems:
1) The double axle lock nut loosened pretty bad. I may buy a locking style with a set-nut to solve the problem
2)The problem that baffles me is the motor cuts out at higher speeds and RPM. At first I thought I might be having a fuel starvation problem so I checked the screen in the fuel pump; it was okay. Now, I'm thinking it mak need a carb rebuild, as if one of the orfices in the carp is fouled up. The other possiblity I had pondered is that perhaps it has an electrical issue. It is not bogging, it is momentarilly cutting out. It reminds me of a safety design issue that was programmed into my friend's 1994 Pontiac Firebird 12 years ago. At 104 MPH the fuel pump would cycle on and off to govern speed. This was designed into that particular car because it did not have Z rated tires. Anyway, it seems very similar, where fuel flow would be interupted.
Any body have any ideas? I will post pictures of my pride and joy that I dubbed the name "THE MONEY PIT"
Thanks,
Brendan
P.S can't find spell check and I'm on my second Molson Ice