I've been through a process the last couple of days. First I managed to clean the fuel tank with oxalic acid and then a lot of high pressure washing. It isn't pristine but there's no loose stuff anymore and I'm happy to run it like that.
So after hooking it up I managed to get it kind of running but it was really bad.
Last night I rebuilt the carby and this morning I tried again.
It would start for a moment and then die. Then the starter went bad and would spin but not kick in.
I removed that and dismantled it , cleaned and reassembled and now it works again. Don't you love old technology?
Still it would only start for a moment. Then I rummaged through my old pile of stuff and found an old coil, as the one I was trying to use was a 505 one which I knew was wrong but I thought it would work. Wrong! The old simple one was what it needed and with that fitted she went Brooooom. Still won't rev which is understandable as the vacuum advance doesn't work and with the timing light on number one the light is intermittent, and there's missing all over the place. So tomorrow it's new plugs and leads, a working vacuum unit and a timing job. Except it won't be tomorrow.
Really happy with this progress.
Meanwhile I had a look under the sills to see a bit of rust at the front but nothing obvious elsewhere. The main rails look intact and I really think this is going to tidy up well.
So after hooking it up I managed to get it kind of running but it was really bad.
Last night I rebuilt the carby and this morning I tried again.
It would start for a moment and then die. Then the starter went bad and would spin but not kick in.
I removed that and dismantled it , cleaned and reassembled and now it works again. Don't you love old technology?
Still it would only start for a moment. Then I rummaged through my old pile of stuff and found an old coil, as the one I was trying to use was a 505 one which I knew was wrong but I thought it would work. Wrong! The old simple one was what it needed and with that fitted she went Brooooom. Still won't rev which is understandable as the vacuum advance doesn't work and with the timing light on number one the light is intermittent, and there's missing all over the place. So tomorrow it's new plugs and leads, a working vacuum unit and a timing job. Except it won't be tomorrow.
Really happy with this progress.
Meanwhile I had a look under the sills to see a bit of rust at the front but nothing obvious elsewhere. The main rails look intact and I really think this is going to tidy up well.