Pig go bang!!!!!

expected to see pork scratchings all over the road but luckily seems it was just a very impressive backfire pmsl
anyway i shall start at the beginning, Pig has been sat with a dead battery for about 3 weeks but got her jump started on weds at last put £20 of fuel in and the problems began:doh: starts ok but cuts out while i'm driving if i turn key quickly she kicks back in but keeps on doing it. it was after about a mile of this keep cutting out that she did the almighty backfire now she sounds like a fecking tank so i think she may have blew the exhaust:doh:
but do you think the cutting out is down to the carb, it's a weber and i reckon is long overdue a bit of tlc (rather like the rest of pig lol), she sits at idle fine, i left her running for half hour down the farm with no problems

in my opinion (and I could be wrong) its either timing, or fuel delivery.

did she go bang while you were slowin down in gear ?

Possibly an intermittent connection in the ignition circuit. It would explain the backfire. Try running a wire from the battery to a switch in the cab (so you can switch it off) and then back to the coil +ve terminal and see if it'll run.

also ave yers got an inline filter ?

leaving a series sat is a recipe.

it could be many things.....
i would go with water in everything for a start.

Series71 said:

did she go bang while you were slowin down in gear ?

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i wasn't slowing down and i've no idea if i have an inline filter lol

oxides said:

Possibly an intermittent connection in the ignition circuit. It would explain the backfire. Try running a wire from the battery to a switch in the cab (so you can switch it off) and then back to the coil +ve terminal and see if it'll run.

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hmmm thats getting technical god dammit but i may just have to find a man to have a look

Spark plugs could've gone duff, HT leads may be duff, dizzy cap & rotor arm also. Backfire is unburnt fuel getting into exhaust so check ignition system.

landybird said:

i may just have to find a man to have a look

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yu have joined another forum???? thats not fair .

The Mad Hat Man said:

yu have joined another forum???? thats not fair .

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as if i would, you know you are the only one for me

but the list is now getting very technical and i don't do technical lol, i do hit it with hammer

check the vacuum advance pipe between the distributor and carb.
its a 3mm ish pipe that runs between the carb (you know where that is?), round the back of the engine to the round thing on the bit with the 5 big wires on it that connect to the plugs. (distributor)
its there to advance the spark when the accelerator is pressed, so wont be affected if its just idling.

nrgserv said:

check the vacuum advance pipe between the distributor and carb.
its a 3mm ish pipe that runs between the carb (you know where that is?), round the back of the engine to the round thing on the bit with the 5 big wires on it that connect to the plugs. (distributor)
its there to advance the spark when the accelerator is pressed, so wont be affected if its just idling.

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:mooning:whats the engine what am i checking the pipe for?

i'm back up to devizes on the 5 march if you want me to ave a look ?

landybird said:

:mooning:whats the engine what am i checking the pipe for?

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checking that its connected securely at both ends, and not fallen out / off.
simlpest to check first, if its ok then onto the points inside the dizzy.
but i'll leave that one till later.

landybird said:

as if i would, you know you are the only one for me

but the list is now getting very technical and i don't do technical lol, i do hit it with hammer

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Have you tried that yet?

Make sure you hit the right bit though...

Series71 said:

i'm back up to devizes on the 5 march if you want me to ave a look ?

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if she's not sorted by then i'll take you up on that

Bump said:

Have you tried that yet?

Make sure you hit the right bit though...

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lol not yet, going to save that one for when everything else has failed and then it will be a bloody sledgehammer!!

Grimreaper71 said:

i'm back up to devizes on the 5 march if you want me to ave a look ?

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landybird said:

if she's not sorted by then i'll take you up on that

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Are you nuts?:clock::screaming_bug_eye_f http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgu...a=X&ei=NpdeTa3oNdOEhQf-78DfDQ&ved=0CEkQ9QEwBg

I thought you wanted pig to live?

ratty said:

Are you nuts?:clock::screaming_bug_eye_f http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgu...a=X&ei=NpdeTa3oNdOEhQf-78DfDQ&ved=0CEkQ9QEwBg

I thought you wanted pig to live?

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pmsl