Club 80-90 Forums

take the belt off and turn the pump, just replaced mine, almost no play and wasn't noisy but when turned with the belt off it was rough and obviously about to go.

Even with a spare you wouldn't really want to change it at the side of the road.

^^^ thanks for the discount code I got 10L also

Was reading a bit of 2E3 info on LT forum, same symptoms of the choke coming off far too early, suggesting that the aging clock spring is to blame... not sure if it's in the wiki but there is a screw which allows major adjustment of the 'clock spring' it's round the back and may be seized, once sla...

Op says changed the leads, s.plugs, dizzy cap & rotor, and its made no difference

col.decker wrote: Say I do find low compression in the cylinder, what's next? Re-grind and seat the valves? Easy job? It's cylinder 1 that's playing up.

Valves means head off, 'easy job' depends on your skills, no point worrying about that until you have done the compression test

on a 1.9DG the brake servo hose attaches to the manufold by No3 cylinder, if there is a leak it will draw in fresh air rather than air/fuel mix from the carb becuse of path of least resistance, more vaccum at idle so problem worse than with throttle open.

or buy the tester yourself for about £30
search on gunson hi-gauge, easy to use just threads in the spark plug hole one at a time

it's not cyliner no 3 is it? if so a vaccum leak on the servo hose to the manufold may do this.

as you have changed the leads and plugs could be a burned out valve, you need to do a compression check

Wagonbuild thankfully had a good condition one in stock http://www.wagonbuild.com/ = not heard of them before, looks good at a glance :ok really?, my first glance these are £20 on brickwerks... http://www.ekmpowershop16.com/ekmps/shops/wagonbuildltd/exhaust-silencer-support---left---86-on-728-p.asp...

I have one off an early DG but it's stuck to the waterpump as the bolts sheared off, if you are interested let me know and I'll see if I can remove it in one piece

Wbx can make similar noise with a hole in an exhaust by the head?