Following my recent distributor thread (photos and discussion here https://club8090.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19564) where it was agreed I should have a vacuum advance can on it I have now got one fitted. I realise my set up is unlikely to be correct but I took the chance to start the van and once I remembered to connect ALL the wires it started and ran very cleanly. I then tried to move forwards up the hill I have to park on and this proved to be nearly impossible. The moment I started raising the clutch to put a bit of load on, the engine died so I have decided I was taking too much of a risk driving it and know I need it sorted.
I have been promised the loan of a timing gun from work but I'm not convinced it will arrive. Others say "I never used one of them, I always did it like this...."
Can you point me to step by step instructions and advise whether I need to push more for the loan of the gun or not.
This is for a 1,9l watercooled with carburettors and I now know its a DG engine.
