Before changing out my rusted and battered o/swing the petrol flap worked perfectly closed and locked with a gentle push. Now it won’t close unless I reach in the car through the open window and pull on the lever. On my catch the articulating part is on the top I’m thinking it should be on the botto...

Great job!

Indeed, the methodical approach is as I have learnt is the only way to go.
The diagnostic on the see sawing was a bit hit and miss! Could of resulted in the car making its own way to Burnley town centre.

Ok, decided to make the most of the recent good weather and cracked on with the 411. I had managed to cure the firing issue with a second hand injector from my stash, it’s now running smoothly. Big problem lay ahead! When I selected drive with the handbrake hard on it started see sawing like like a ...

Cheers will add it to the growing list of jobs to do!

Latest update.... decided to check out the injector on cylinder 3, firstly the electrical connection pops in and out a bit to easy for my liking changed the injector for a known good one and re assembled. Pushed on the connector and put a small cable tie around the connector for the time being. Fire...

While we are on the subject my filler tends to leak slightly on a full tank, I assume it’s the rubber seal. Does anybody have a good one for sale?

Know where your coming from, it’s just one thing after another I’m struggling. Would convert to carbs myself but determined to keep it as stock as possible. At what cost , my sanity!

Ok, will answer the sooty plugs problem first. The intruding inductive problem only effects cylinder number three because of its close proximity to the harness hence that cylinder wasn’t firing as regular. I’m guessing if I check it tomorrow it will be sooty. I want to get the idle RPM sorted tomorr...

Hi, to be honest the car is 95% improved as a result of moving the harness. Have you heard of that problem and cure before? I thought it was a wind up. To be given a paragraph in a manual such as that it must be common on my model. Anyway back to the job in hand it runs with no issues on cold start ...

Well fired it up went for a spin and it’s still missing occasionally on tickover. It’s not journey stopping but it’s really annoying, I’m now not that convinced about the harness deal, or it could of been a combination of issues. Still clueless.

I guess social distancing applies to your wiring harness as well.

Yes, fingers are crossed. Will fire it up later just to convince myself. All being well I will tidy things up cheers all.

You will appreciate this is a temporary fix at the moment I have a wiring harness cable tied to one part of the air intake manifold and a fuel line cable tied to the other side. In effect I’m driving a mobile bomb with a smile on my face Don’t try this at home!!

This is a strange one, tried Broady method to check for air leaks nothing of significance so striped out all the bits to do with air intake. Cleaned everything checked all pipes for damage all was good. While everything was stripped out I decided to check the plugs again bearing in mind I had wire b...

Cheers for that will give it a try, fingers crossed it may be a cheap and easy fix. I will give it a go in a bit and keep you posted.

The plugs were jet black bordering on sooty. Why would an air leak make it run rough on idle but have no effect when driving? How could I test for a leak?

I have taken the plugs out checked the gaps and wire brushed them, also checked the valve clearances again all good. The points gap is o.4 mm. it’s ran well in the past with the central thermal switch disconnected, so can’t see how that would suddenly become an issue. It’s a puzzle. I’m thinking mor...

So on initial cold start the engine runs smoothly at about 1100rpm for about two or three minutes then drops To 850rpm. I’m assuming the cold start is working ok. When the engine reaches working temp the problem begins. I can rev the engine hard with no misfire but when the engine is idling it start...

Changed the filter about 650 miles ago (three months) with the stock square one. But I’m guessing your going to suggest start at the filter and work back to the engine bay which seems logical. Could be a faulty filter? I will work through to the injectors and let people know if I find anything.

Update, my new plug leads turned up, and yes the quality is not good in comparison to the originals. So I just replaced the faulty plug cover with a new one, locked in ok. Fired the motor up all seemed well no missing, went for a quick spin down the motorway to the (supermarket) it ran smooth with p...

Yes I agree I need to sort a few things out. I don’t think it’s that far off, overall it runs very well just a couple of issues occasionally. I need to sort the stalling issue first then I think move onto the hunting, I’m feeling optimistic well let’s face it I’ve got plenty of time to get it sorted...

Yes I get that, however if I connect the thermal switch in the centre of the intake manifold it hunts, disconnect no hunting. I’ve no idea.

Yes read your message, wish I was more techie it’s a struggle being thick.

Just tried to send Mike a message, doesn’t seem to seem to be successful. I clicked on message icon wrote message and added Mike as recipient pressed submit. Doesn’t appear to have sent. Is this the correct way?