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So I have the car starting reliably hot or cold now.
Had to bin the air filters as they were black. Replaced the points and condenser with a Powerspark module, new coil, the leads and plugs were fine (latter needed a clean and gap check).
Had to loosen off the distributor to get the timing correct without maxing it out on the vacuum advance, obviously been ages since that was done.
Balanced the carbs at idle using the rubber tube in the inlet method and noticed while I was doing that that the carbs are the emission control variety, which means I can't adjust the mixture. I'm sure it needs adjusting as pushing each dashpot up a fraction causes the engine to falter which from memory means the mixture is too weak. Although that's counter to my experiences starting the car as it starts better without the choke pulled out.... maybe I need to review the needles in use.
Also took the radio out as it was bodged in with gaffer tape, which also meant removing the external aerial and finding a rubber blanking grommet to fill the hole.
Finally, a new switch and indicator light for the fog lamp, the previous one haven shorted out (it was an audio style switch).
All good fun.
Had to bin the air filters as they were black. Replaced the points and condenser with a Powerspark module, new coil, the leads and plugs were fine (latter needed a clean and gap check).
Had to loosen off the distributor to get the timing correct without maxing it out on the vacuum advance, obviously been ages since that was done.
Balanced the carbs at idle using the rubber tube in the inlet method and noticed while I was doing that that the carbs are the emission control variety, which means I can't adjust the mixture. I'm sure it needs adjusting as pushing each dashpot up a fraction causes the engine to falter which from memory means the mixture is too weak. Although that's counter to my experiences starting the car as it starts better without the choke pulled out.... maybe I need to review the needles in use.
Also took the radio out as it was bodged in with gaffer tape, which also meant removing the external aerial and finding a rubber blanking grommet to fill the hole.
Finally, a new switch and indicator light for the fog lamp, the previous one haven shorted out (it was an audio style switch).
All good fun.
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