Davec
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2 ¼ Petrol Series III. I took it out and after about 5 miles it started popping and banging, back firing through both the exhaust and carb, and no power. Managed to get it home (about 8 15 on a Sunday morning, I doubt I was popular)
Decided the symptoms fitted failed condenser, so changed that. I eventually coaxed it into life on one cylinder.
Reset the points, (I thought I’d managed not to disturb them, but I obviously had) and took it for a spin round the block, pulled like a train.
Took it out for a longer run today and after a couple of miles started to missfire again, but without the popping and banging, until it eventually died. Did a bit of fiddling with points etc, and eventually it restarted, however it appears it was just a waiting of waiting, anything between 30 secs and a couple of minutes, and it would restart and run for another 10 yards to ½ mile.
I’m pretty sure my initial diagnoses was correct as this is a subtly different problem,
Initially it would pop and bang but kept going, though with little power, now it just starts missing and dies if the speed drops, and then struggles to restart
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Decided the symptoms fitted failed condenser, so changed that. I eventually coaxed it into life on one cylinder.
Reset the points, (I thought I’d managed not to disturb them, but I obviously had) and took it for a spin round the block, pulled like a train.
Took it out for a longer run today and after a couple of miles started to missfire again, but without the popping and banging, until it eventually died. Did a bit of fiddling with points etc, and eventually it restarted, however it appears it was just a waiting of waiting, anything between 30 secs and a couple of minutes, and it would restart and run for another 10 yards to ½ mile.
I’m pretty sure my initial diagnoses was correct as this is a subtly different problem,
Initially it would pop and bang but kept going, though with little power, now it just starts missing and dies if the speed drops, and then struggles to restart
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