Tripower Gremlins
 

I recently finished a full restoration on my Goat and was finally able to drive it again after 4 years.

The car was running very rich (so bad it would burn your eyes at idle) and had issues with flooding and stalling. I tried all of the typical adjustments, but wasn't able to resolve the issues. It was quite frustrating since I paid a local professional to rebuild and restore the set up in the first place.

Eventually, I found a DVD called "Tripower Basics, Mods, & Troubleshooting" at www.pontiactripower.com and thought I would give it a try. I assumed there was a decent chance it would just be someone demonstrating items from the Pontiac manuals, but was pleasantly surprised. The DVD actually contains a collection of tips and information that I haven't found from any other sources and Mike (the one that made the video) was very responsive to questions via email as well.

I thought I was fairly knowledgable about tripowers and carbs in general, but didn't realize there were so many specific pieces of information required to get these setups to perform properly.

I just thought I would share my experience in case others are having issues with their tripowers or would just like to know more about how these setups (should) work.

Thanks for posting. I think that after several decades and many swap meets and parts exchange, a lot of strange stuff can happen to these units. Good to know there is help! Guess I've been lucky.....the two I own have been trouble free for as long as I've owned them...31 years and 29 years. Probably because they haven't been "modified". Thanks again.

Mike W. at pontiactripower.com is a great guy. I've barely ever even touched a carburetor and with his advice and parts I managed to rebuild, restore, refinish, modify, and adjust my tripower setup to work with my monster engine build. Very satisfying.

I bought a 65 tripower unit from Mike earlier this year. He's a great guy and a true professional.

X2 and his DVD is worth more than he charges!!! Jim