Cheers mate. Having sorted all the legals I was pretty determined to be able to drive it somewhere!gninnam said:Good result with the MOT 8)
Hope you crack the poor running soon and get it on the road
Cleared in the inlet manifold heat riser which was blocked, re-fitted it with new gaskets, stripped and cleaned the carb (again). Still poop. Symptoms were such that if it had been an air leak it would have had to be a big one, which it certainly wasn't, so must be fuel starvation. Float chamber was always full, pump good, so must be internal carb blockage. After a few clean-ups with standard carb cleaner/air line, I got myself a can of hyper-evil carb/valve etc cleaner. It melted gloves, stung a bit and took the paint off the floor! After taking it apart yet again, cleaning everything with it, blowing though yet again with air hose it was completely cured, but now about 6:30 Friday evening.
So an hour later I went camping in it for the weekend. Well not actually in it, in a tent next to it. 80 miles each way, old oil on the heat exchangers billowing smoke everytime I had to stop. Thought I must have muffed up the rocker gaskets it was so bad! But no sign of fresh oil and after the weekend's run it just smells a bit now and the oil level still bang on the top mark.
The engine seems pretty good, I checked my speed on the local 30mph flashing sign and I think 30 registers as about 32-33 on my speedo, so I cruised at 60 on the speedo as I don't know the engine's history (and I dipped out of AA at the end of August). It ran nice and cool and hardly slowed at all on the long hills. The gears are really easy. Brakes ok. Steering is great, so really stress free jaunts up and down the A14. I'm one happy chappy. But boy is it filthy inside. Think of the most nicotine stained pub ceiling you've ever seen.