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tobydog wrote: ↑14 Oct 2026, 09:15 judicious

A touch of judicious metal displacement to both pipes to create a clearance gap, just a few mm is better than contact...

If it drives on petrol but won't idle then it's not fuel delivery as it takes more fuel to drive than idle?

Not familiar with a dg, does it have an idle jet in the carb? That would be the first part I'd check and clean....

From memory, I dropped the engine...

Try the old leads, and then the old cap with the old leads, the old rotor etc? IE, substitute the old parts back in a logical sequence.

How do you test to know you have 'power' from the coil to the cap?

Whereabouts are you?

Torque setting are generally given for dry assembly. However, I normally use a light drop of 3 IN ONE type oil.

Whilst the engine is running.

Take care to not get a shock

Try taking a plug cap off one at a time and see if it makes any difference. If taking one off and nothing changes, that one's not firing...

Try earthing a spare plug in the cap taken off to see if it's sparking.

New sparks, does that include leads, distributor cap and rotor arm?

Thought I'd printed some....

I use a 10" extension bar supported by a trolley jack to help keep the socket square on the nut...

Try a box spanner for the switch

silverbullet wrote: ↑20 Jul 2026, 12:31

Looks like the beige cap on the right has crapped itself and a few components have been running hot to start with...

I find auto-chokes rubbish in general

Went open circuit?