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Had the same problem with mine spent over £200 changing everthing then it was the distributor, try that or borrow one first

The distributor is mechanical.. with a vac advance..and a hall sender. what had broke? Dont know what was wrong : I think you need to be sure before paying for anything.. Yes I've spent nearly £250 on bits that were ok, very hard to find an intermitant fault, all I know now is its running ok with a...

Yes reved it with my head over the carb you can see the choke open, I'm sure from the way mine drove back from Germany slowing down up hills that it has never worked before I drilled out the carb

The distributor is mechanical.. with a vac advance..and a hall sender. what had broke? Dont know what was wrong maybee the hall sensor. Steve from Bugs & Buses has got a box of faulty ones he has changed over the years, the one he fitted has 2 vaccume pipes [ mine has one] Brickwerks are out of...

I've just had the same fault on mine had the carb apart a few times :shock: tried to get some mig wire in the pipe to the secondary choke it was blocked, so I drilled it out with a tiny drill, when I rev up the engine now you can see the second choke open ok, drove it on the motorway yesterday and m...

Thanks for your coments & help :lol: It was the distributor, we put another carb on and it was the same so changed the dissy & it runns happy been for a long test drive no coughs splutters or misfires :P Thanks to itchyfeet for his offer of help and to Steve from BUGS AND BUSSES PORTSMOUTH 0...

Went for a drive today did about 4 miles and then it stopped same problem went 300 meters then would cut out no response from the throttle pedal it just dies to a stop, then I have to turn it over for ages it fires up goes another 300 meters and stops I checked for a spark while it stopped it has on...

Put an electric fuel pump on & new coil runs much better so removed the electric pump and went back to the new vw one still goes :shock: been round the block 3 times about a mile each time no misfires or stopping fingers crossed it was the coil :evil: all along looks like the og bosch one fitted...

Right today i'm buying a new coil & fitting an electric fuel pump, will report back

Cleaned the carb all the jets looked ok, revs up ok for ages ticks over then just stops and takes ages to start again then runs fine, occasional slight misfire/cough then stops, the fuel filter is full, : fuel starvation to me, fuel pump still not delivering. Hi Kev turned the engine over with fuel...

I have a shed full of dg bits including a carb do you think it will drive as far as southampton happy to spend a couple of hours swapping bits 8) Had the carb apart again cleaned & blasted with carb cleaner Drove round the block today still stops every quater mile or less :cry: when it stopped ...

Cleaned the carb all the jets looked ok, revs up ok for ages ticks over then just stops and takes ages to start again then runs fine, occasional slight misfire/cough then stops, the fuel filter is full, Ive wired a light to the fuel cut off valve on the side of the carb that stays on so the live is ...

Would you believe it its done the same thing again been running fine then started to miss a few times, hesitates when I put my foot down if I change down a gear seemed to clear and rev and go ok, then nothing just dies to a stop, turns over for ages then fires goes half a mile then stops again :evil...

Pleased to report in, its runs & revs up not sure what it was for anybody else that has the same problem, but for reference I removed the thin filter in the brass intake pipe on the carb [you can't see it its inside] got a pierberg rebuild kit for the carb, new rod that pushes the fuel pump, new...

Yes its got a realy strong spark, tried a spark plug in, but might give it a try when it wont start on the key again