Mornin Sun's shining, glass was on stormy last night but coming up now so should stay fine. Not tidied up outside since the storm so may have a go at that today. :) Volvo battery been fine since I took LED 's out of the sidelights Just looking at my old truck and it has Land Rover sidelights...

Best without any back pressure at all on an old diesel, you must have had a problem with something else if it was down on power 🙂

Burned mostly old pallets on mine, logs never got as hot as old blocks off pallets :)

When I was running a wood burner I read somewhere that it was putting the same amount of carbon into the atmosphere as the tree took out before it was cut down. And you're right about the temperature, too many people just burning and not regulating the burn, plus burning fresh wood which smokes

Mornin Dry, still, and the sun's shining Glass is going up Starting diet again today, need to loose a few pounds after the xmas binge Have a great weekend all Stay safe :)

Mornin Blowing quite hard at the moment but dry Stay at home day for me Might nip to cafe for breakfast. Stay on the ground all :D

Where do the batteries go in this calculator ?

Mornin Grey an cold but dry at least Volvo battery not goin flat overnights since I took led bulbs out of sidelights 🤔 Got to decide what to have for breakfast, cafe later so maybe just soda bread toast Stay focused all :)

Needles are a whole new can of worms, they is thick for economy and thin for power, you want a tapered one , thick at top and thi at bottom, I never bothered with numbers, just got one that looked about right and filed it to suit, Mini engine very basic, give it fuel and it goes, more fuel and...

Thing is, if it's lumpy its more than likely a 286, next one down is 276 which is relatively smooth, 286 not too bad but it may overheat a bit without vac advance on the dizzy

Cam is stamped on the end so could take timing gear off and have a look

.wirh engine out you can turn it upside down to keep cam followers in place an draw cam out of block

Lumpy cam needs more advance at idle and low revs, best setting your distributer up measuring max advance. 33 to 35 deg when it has maxed out its advance prob at 4000 rpm. You'll need 15 deg rather than 10 static as long as it doesn't max out at over 35. If Dizzy is a 10 degree then it'll...

Very nice I'd clean plugs up, set gaps and swap em around to see if it's the same Gaps look different but maybe that's the photo You need the vac advance pipe on or it will drink fuel when you get it running. Also need to cover bare wires/connectors or it'll run rough when damp Good luck getting...

Perished fuel lines, fuel pump weak, filter in float bowl top, breather hose wrong on carb, breather blocked in fuel tank cap, piston in carb seized/stuck so needle not moving

I'd be looking at fuel. Spray some carb cleaner / easy start etc/ into the carb see if it runs Theres a little filter in top of float bowl might be blocked, rubbers in fuel line may be perished and porous, mech fuel pump (if it has one) may be goosed etc

If the ignition parts are clean, wires all good and insulated then the damp wont affect it, You could spray water on my old racer engine and it never missed a beat. The water gets in at the joins and spade connector covers if they are old

I've never been one for checking ohms and volts and stuff with old Minis Squirt of carb cleaner will see it fire up if electrics are ok If not then I would start with the fancy electronic dizzy, no idea how to check it though If it ran before then you can forget timing , dwell angles etc, I...

Afternoon Nice day here Volvo started, funeral went well, big send off for a mate and a free bar :) Need a sleep now :p Stay alert all :D

Dull and damp here but +10 so feeling warm Off to get hair cut, got a funeral to go to tomorrow. :(