Setting the timing on my SIII 2.25 petrol is causing me grief Ive done it plenty of times in the past so I am reasonably sure I am doing it right but I cant get the bloody thing to run nicely perhaps the shock of buying a new Turners head for it has affected my brain.
Could some of you wise people tell me if I am doing this right.
Set TDC using marks on lower pulley.
Connect one wire of bulb test set to HT connection on coil, the other to an earth point.
Rotate dissy until the bulb lights up.
Start engine and rotate dissy for best/smoothest running.
Doing the above usually gets it going; perhaps I am going senile as I am struggling to even get it to fire now.
I can even find at least two different angles of rotation about the 360 where turning the dissy would make the test light come on.
Theres defiantly a spark on each plug and there is fuel getting to the carb.
Please tell me I am doing something very silly and prevent me having to go to bed tonight with the thoughts of why its not running in my head.
Could some of you wise people tell me if I am doing this right.
Set TDC using marks on lower pulley.
Connect one wire of bulb test set to HT connection on coil, the other to an earth point.
Rotate dissy until the bulb lights up.
Start engine and rotate dissy for best/smoothest running.
Doing the above usually gets it going; perhaps I am going senile as I am struggling to even get it to fire now.
I can even find at least two different angles of rotation about the 360 where turning the dissy would make the test light come on.
Theres defiantly a spark on each plug and there is fuel getting to the carb.
Please tell me I am doing something very silly and prevent me having to go to bed tonight with the thoughts of why its not running in my head.