Heave ... chuggachuggachugga ... Heave ...

The XL, obviously.

When we collected it, matey said that he had tried but couldn't start
it. Neither could I last weekend so I figured I'll mount the choke
cable that I aquired from Dave Silver and try again.

So, off comes the tank, the cable gets fiddled in and the tank goes
back on again. At that point I noticed that matey would be up for a
Petrol Muppet award - the tank was about as dry as my throat is at the
moment. A couple of other quick checks later - spark, kinda present,
compression, well, some, points gap, correctish but the points cam
does look a bit worse for wear - a quick trip to the local Shell
emporium and...

Heave
chuggachug
Heave
chug
Heaveheaveheaveheaveheave
chugpffftchug

Arse.

Looks like I'll be spending next weekend going over the three
requirements again - check the ignition to see if it actually sparks
when required and not at random, check the valve clearances and wiggle
them a bit to see if one of them's stuck and reset the carb.

Oh, and the hammerite'd coil and condenser haven't done anything for
my faith in the PO's skills. Ah fuggit, let's see if I can get it to
run - if I can I'll just put it together and get it MOT'd so I can
ride it, if not it'll get pushed into another corner and I'll sort out
the CB first because then I'll be looking at a more or less full
stripdown.

Time to fetch some beer and get drunk, methinks.

 

Spark plug tester, bottom of page:

http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.co.uk/VWPweb2000/meters/meters.html

 

Cheers - I already know I've got a spark, the question mark is more hanging
over the ignition timing.

 

And following up on my own crap, I think the ignition timing is off -
currently awaiting new points and a condensor from Dave Silver. Not to
mention a new plug as well...

 

Well turn it on then!

 

I've got one of those and TBH I've not found it very useful. Mainly
because it doesn't work with NGK type (threaded connection rather than
bullet) caps.

 

You misspelled "doesn't stop the conrods coming out through the front of the
crankcase".

 

I have new improved ju-ju for that.

That'll keep the Voodoo Dolly Spellbound Into the Light.

 

Stay inside the Happy House, in Israel, or you'll be Dazzle(d) by the Black
Sun
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Cheers!
Fr Jack
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