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Richard hall has a kit that ensures the carb is ethanol resistant, he reworked the Indian knock offs to be decent. He's on eBay. Glencoyne engineering.

Try ClassicCarbs UK, may well have parts/info you need.

Update: I have removed the carb today and stripped. What I have found is that it appears thet the idle control screw has been tightened in far too tight and has distorted the carb body (see attached photo). The brass screw has also what appears...

I am still slowly working my way through the starting and idling issues I have had since I purchased my series 3 lightweight. The acuspark ignition system has been tested out after removing the dissy, coil plugs and leads and setting up a bench...

The carb is a Solex 361v

A failing coil is what I thought as other posts that I have seen about the Accuspark system, suggest that when the module fails, there is no spark whatsoever. I have Emailed Accuspark to see what bench tests there are that I could carry out on...

If it's too far retarded it can give rich mixture symptoms. Once you've sorted the spark problem I'd be using the method @tottot uses, and check by flooring the throttle in a high gear to see if you get any detonation.

Thanks for the suggestion. Hopefully the feedback i'm getting will help solve my issues👍

Thanks for the reply. Have just been out again this morning to go through the basics once more. Although the mixture is too rich and the dissy has been played about with, my past experience tells me that the thing would at least try to start and...

Hi all, I purchased a 1980 ex MOD lightweight (2.25 Petrol) and I am currently working my way through numerous faults and niggles which are keeping me off the road. Currently having issues starting but I believe that this is due to a couple of...