well they use a foam or something now that shouldn't soak up petrol, but every now and then it happens ??? they will have a look and get a something back to me that works by Thursday... I hope lol So what are you showing at the show at herne bay (I dint even know there was one down there??)

Hi, Just got off the phone to Rob, After a quick chat he thinks the floats may be full of fuel so sinking??? Never had this problem with the Prima LOL The gurggling one will be collect tomorrow and i should have a replacment by Thursday.. :) May even get it on the road for the W&P show :)

Well just finished talking with accu5park. In short it’s My fault I didn’t know there were 2 different types of distributor for a land rover and its unreasonable to think they would point this out when placing an order (I should know what distributor I have) Even when I told them I had a 1971...

Ok old carb seams fine for starting and idel... butcas soon as the engine is unber load it coughs and spluttered. Take the load off and it returns to a normal idel... maybe ghe gimming needs advancing? But its about the best its been since starting the engine swap so progress has been made!!!

I dont know, when i took the weber off the paper gasket was soaked in petrol? I'll ask for a replacement and see if that's better.... or a refund and spend it on beer :rolleyes:

Ill give them a call on monday and show them the video. I really dont know if the sound its making and the vapor is normal... im not too sure if the link is working? If they will exchange it ill gladly try it.. but I think ill be able to get to the mot station on the old one now :) Fingers...

OK quick update... the new sports coil seams to be doing the trick with a nice strong spark. Running on the weber it was quite lumpy and seemed to be throwing fuel all over the place and a fair amount out the top when you turned the engine off... this was enough to tell me something wasn't...

Hi Don. when i say smoking i think its fuel vapour, you can see it here https://goo.gl/photos/aGccVg3K6fhwTUGn6 just click the link and turn the sound up, it sounds like a pot about to boil over... but no flames (I hope) thanks for all the comments, please keep them coming :-)

yep worked that one out,,, just picked up a strobe so off to have another play.... your only down the road from me, I'm in Gillingham, so if you want to come up and set mine up please feel free :)

I had a classic mobile mechanic come out to set it up as I was running out of time. So I assume he did set it up... but ill go down later and do it myself... I just dont have the strobe light. If the mix is too rich maybe thats why the carb is smoking? Ill wind everythig in then out and start...

Morning both. Re the ignition I beleve its working how it should but I did order the internal bits to replace the old ones... then everything would be new... but they sent the wrong bit so ill be on the phone come 9am When I had this problem with the old coil I found the spark to be very weak...

As always your help and advice is needed once again… This is my 1 petrol landy in over 20 years and my 1st engine change.. And what a learning curve it’s been :-) So the engine a Ex Army 5 bearing 2.25 petrol seems to be a good one. When everything is running it’s great. I have fitted new...

Hi, OK thanks for that. I guess i just replace the switch with the sensor, not too worried about the light but would you know the range of the gauge (Bar / PSI) and the thread size please? thanks Andy

Hi All, Yep Me again J You may of noticed I have swapped an engine in my early ser 3 SWB… We once again many thanks to all that helped with getting her running, greatly appreciated. I noticed I have a bit of a weep / leak from the oil pressure sensor on top of the oil filter. I don’t know how...

Hi All ! Many thanks to all your help with this, and a big thank you to Colin Darren and Mark who popped round twisted the dizzy and made it run... OK only on 3 cylinders but now I know what HT lead has failed that should be an easy fix as soon as the post man arrives :-) I have also ordered a...

Ok have used the screwdriver in front piston in an attempt to find tdc.... rotor is either pointing to or away from number 1.... I think.....

Morning All. I need to swap the 3 way pulley for a normal one as the fan belt isn't quite lining up... Plus i then get my starting handle drive dog back :-) I use to have a dial gauge for knowing when the 1st rocker was at its lowest point of travel (I think it was that way round, it was a...

Ill have to have a closer look tomorrow. so mark at TDC and rotor arm pointing to number 1 and we should be ok to go? Just a thought James, would you know the size of the socket i would need to the the triple pulley off? I know I've nothing that's even close :-( Thanks Again :-)

Hi, Well my engine swap is progressing and last thing today i spun it over to get some fresh oil moving around. My question is how do i go about setting the timing from scratch? There is no inspection flap to check the timing marks of the flywheel, just a locating pin (is this TDC?) I have...

Screw Fix here I come :-) You seam to be a wealth of info James... must buy you a pint should we ever meet ! :-)