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Yeah I've had the air intake off the carb since the start. I put a can of petrol in a few nights ago as tank was almost empty when I got it.

I don't have a compression tester but it does sound even enough. When I pump accelerator it coughs and bangs louder, as if it's more likely to start than if I don't press accelerator when cracking over if that makes any sense?

Brand new plugs and a really good blue spark, I'm stuck for ideas

Well tried new condenser this evening and still no luck, still getting spark and going to change ht leads tomorrow as they are looking past there best anyway. Static timing wise it all looks right. As others had mentioned it should run (although roughly) with static timing being good enough to...

Thanks for that, still new to all this and I knew but hadn't thought at the time about the TDC being twice. Getting a new condenser today so will see if that gets it going.

Tried the leads around and sounded worse. So I have put them back as was previously and will get a new condenser tomorrow and hopefully that will work...

Thanks again for the advice. I will try changing the leads around later and if nothing then I will ensure they go back to original positions. Thanks For the manual link, il download that and get reading.

When piston #1 is at TDC, should the rotor be pointing to ht lead for #1 ? Currently it's pointing towards 3 and 4s direction.

Would it be worth looking at the static timing in the mean time while waiting to try a new condenser?

Carb was fitted back on and still no luck so will look at condenser etc this week. It is still popping and spluttering but just not running . Thanks.

That's great thanks, il get them on Monday and try changing them and set the breaker points properly again and give it a go.

I will do, would it have to be online for a condenser or is that something I could grab tomorrow ie halfords? I assume not but just wanting to try when I have some time tomorrow. Thanks,

I had tried a very small amount of easy start as well as fuel on different occasions and it still wouldn't go. Tonight I have stripped open the carb and the jets are all clear, next to no debris or anything in the float chamber, everything seems to be fine with it. So tomorrow I will refit the...

Cheers again. I have stripped carb off and will have a loom at this this evening to make sure it's all clear etc, put back on tomorrow and try and if still having problems il go back to distributer and a bit of trial and error. I have got a good bit to learn regarding the timing etc, sure il get...

That's great. I will strip that out and take it apart this evening and make sure all clear etc. Hopefully that will get it going. First series so sorry for any basic questions, just starting out mechanically wise and getting my head around everything. Cheers

Nothing looks like it's been touched distributer wise in the past but I could be wrong. Worth checking later when I get back out. If the carb was gummed up with old fuel and debris would I still see the small jet of fuel that I saw when I looked down through the throttle shaft in the carb ? I...

Thanks a lot for the replies so far, I have only replaced the coil , only owned the landy for a couple of days. I hasn't ran in about 6 years. The leads all look to be in the correct position and I haven't touched the distributer other than to take cap off and make sure there was no moisture...

Hi there, first time series owner here and really struggling to get my engine to start, brand new battery, new coil, distributer sparking and new plugs. All sparking too. Checked they carb is getting fuel and can see it squirting from jet down into carb. When I crank over it coughs and splutters...