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What's wrong with Fablon? Here's the before & after of what Fablon can do. [] Nothings "wrong" with Fablon itself. Just that I always see it peeling off or having been put on creased. That's why i formed the opinion that it was not ideal. Doesnt seem that durable because of the above....

I have seen a head gasket cause that .

Fablon ?
On a roll.
Looks nasty ?
You don't mean that do you.................
What about varnishing the plywood.
Like they did years ago on yachts.

Most likely it needs a new cable and cap that goes into the fitting on the passenger side front wheel.
There are two different types of cable.
One that has a clip fitting, and one which has a screw fitting.
They are not interchangeable.

Ian and Lins wrote:What colour smoke? Black smoke =rich mixture. White(ish) smoke=oil or a new Pope.

White smoke can also be just condensation on start up.
I do worry about smoke
But I don't worry about the Pope, because he couldn't give a fig about me

sounds like you have a "flat spot ". Which, is quite often carb related. What carb do you have ? Do you know how to set it up ? Only saying because Pieberg carbs are complicated ( compared to some other makes ) and it's sometimes easy to make things worse if you're not careful. Best of luc...

every ten thousand miles and hope for the best :lol: Service interval is 6,000 ... but I change our's by ear, which on lpg is between 3,000-4,000 miles with a Mann filter every 2nd change. Running on gas the oil doesn't have the carbon deposits to block the filter. Oil is cheap, engines less so. Ia...

great news that its at least running better now. Its hard to tell whether those plugs are sooted up or oiled up by looking at the picture. Before you start worrying about oil and rings, its a good time to check your carburation now that you seem to have got it sparking OK. Rich mixture, fuel dumpimn...

Ian Hulley wrote:Where abouts are you ?

He is bending over his engine in the twilight Ian
Maybe he could use that spare coil you have

Wish I knew someone around here that could help. :shock: There are actually quite a few long established members on here who are based not too far away from you if you take a look at their signatures. As its such a helpful and friendly club,it might be worth you while dropping some of them a PM and...

yes, could be a combination of factors.
Those leads certainly look skewed.

itchyfeet wrote:Loose pinch bolt

Yes:
BUT
I asked him to grab the top of the dizzy last night and see if he could turn it by hand.
He could not.
Unless, you are saying its slightly loose and vibrating its way slowly around on its own ?
Does seem very odd

I'm wondering if your timing is just massively out Look at you dizzy and trace the leads then look at mine its almost 90 deg different Also look at the position of my vac unit compared to yours Try undoing the pinch bolt and rotating the dizzy anti clockwise , mark the position first so you can go ...

Would that affect just 2 cylinders ? Wouldnt logically think so would you. But you wouldnt think a misfire would be caused by low oil either :lol: Maybe if the ignition amplifier is playing up, the spark is less strong,and its more noticable on the two weakest plugs , leads, or HT leads. I would at...

Excellent.
Never could get the back to sway around quite like that in a straight line though.