Hello once again, spurred on by Ian's Bob Dylan CD I am on the (long) home straight for getting this car back on the road.
I have bolted the vast majority of bits back on and am at the moment of truth- trying to start it for the first time in about a year!:shock:
Mechanically I have:
Stripped and cleaned the carb. (screws to Haynes manual settings)
Stripped and cleaned the distributor.
Fitted new plugs, leads, points (set to 0.40 mm), condenser, cap.
Changed oils, filters, did valve clearances etc.
Sadly, after a fresh battery, petrol and a turn of the key she won't fire up.
The area I suspect the most is the ignition timing.
I followed the Haynes manual for static timing, this is what I did:
* Got the notch on the fly wheel to line up 12mm from the left hand mark on the casing.
* Fitted the distributor so the rotor was pointing to the no. 1 plug contact.
*Connected a bulb circuit between the low tension wire and earth .
* Turned on ignition and then turned the distributor body anticlockwise so the light just went out, then turned the body clockwise till the light just lit up while applying clockwise pressure on the rotor arm.
* Tightened distributor bolt.
Have I done something wrong here? There is a spark on each plug and the float chamber is filling fine.
If I suspect the timing can I simply twist the distributor body a bit while a friend turns the key in a hope that it will find the correct point and fire up??
Tim
I have bolted the vast majority of bits back on and am at the moment of truth- trying to start it for the first time in about a year!:shock:
Mechanically I have:
Stripped and cleaned the carb. (screws to Haynes manual settings)
Stripped and cleaned the distributor.
Fitted new plugs, leads, points (set to 0.40 mm), condenser, cap.
Changed oils, filters, did valve clearances etc.
Sadly, after a fresh battery, petrol and a turn of the key she won't fire up.
The area I suspect the most is the ignition timing.
I followed the Haynes manual for static timing, this is what I did:
* Got the notch on the fly wheel to line up 12mm from the left hand mark on the casing.
* Fitted the distributor so the rotor was pointing to the no. 1 plug contact.
*Connected a bulb circuit between the low tension wire and earth .
* Turned on ignition and then turned the distributor body anticlockwise so the light just went out, then turned the body clockwise till the light just lit up while applying clockwise pressure on the rotor arm.
* Tightened distributor bolt.
Have I done something wrong here? There is a spark on each plug and the float chamber is filling fine.
If I suspect the timing can I simply twist the distributor body a bit while a friend turns the key in a hope that it will find the correct point and fire up??
Tim