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I xan confirm the Accuspark kit is really easy to fit! Without access to a timing light I soon got the old girl running again, as it turned out many degrees out but still ran. Just the squeeling alternator, noisy water pump, blown middle exhaust, fuel guage sender and rust to sort out now! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍

I suspected the £30-£40 ones were going to be below par.. I saw lumenation while I was looking through but haven't seen Accuspark so will have a look now.

Hi all, my previously100% reliable 90 has broken down! The dizzy cap and points are shot so my fault! Is there a recognised 'best' electronic ignition conversion that I should look for? Cheers. Paul.

As I understand it the ethanol is a solvent which is also hydroscopic. So not only does ethanol have the ability to disolve most materials the fuel system is made of, it also causes condensation in fuel tanks leading to corrosion! I remember a similar problem with bio diesel years back disolving...

All the grass was in the hole the little bugger has bitten through the dash board. The radio was trashed. I assume it was a mouse house.

There's your problem right there! Flipping rodents!

Thanks for your generous offer bud. I phoned up Devon 4x4 yesterday and for about £55 (ouch!) they can get me a rebuild kit and the two extra gaskets I need. I stripped the carb jets and float valve yesterday and they look perfect? Anyhow if I can't get the old girl running with the kit I will...

That's a really good point! I understand vehicles with metal fuel tanks are going to cause problems also?

Looking into this today it appears the carb service kit doesn't include the top gasket and they only supply one bottom gasket, not the one the engine side of the isolator block... So I need a kit plus two more gaskets! Just noticed a mouse nest poking out of the air vent and a small hole in the...

She's a working girl my old 90 is, no special attentions or baths for her! I have got clean oil and filter for her so I'm not all bad.... Cash is almost non existent presently, in fact she may have to become my daily driver if I can't get my old CRV through an upcoming MOT. So looking to get up...

Hi all, been a while since I checked in! My old 90 has been languishing in the field for 3 years so I woke her up yesterday! (After putting a blade on my strimmer to cut down the 5' thistles all round it!) Charged battery and wait for fuel pressure to build up and she roared into life and...

It's a bell engineering one. Why is the VCU suspected when I ask about clutch noise??? :confused:

I had a recon vcu and ird last year. :)

My Hippo's clutch has started 'whining' when I reverse? Almost sounds like the wheels are spinning on mud but it's on the dry? Am I looking at a new clutch?? Done a little bit of towing of late so that won't help I'm sure. Any way of confirming this before I book it in for surgery? Ta. :confused:

There is a manual primer before my fuel filter but I replaced that and they have a non return valve in them, I wonder how good they are though? I was thinking of placing a non-return valve tank end... :rolleyes:

That's interesting, where did you place the non return valve?

I can't get my head around this one, how could it be pump timing/compression when it starts normally after blipping the throttle while turning the engine off? Are you saying there is some sort of mechanical advance system in the pump? I know almost nothing about diesel pumps! :confused: The...

Not while I have had the car, it looked ok and untouched when I got it but has had this problem all along, I was told by someone else that the injectors don't hold pressure while the engine is off is that right? That would mean it should not be injector related. I would like to find out if the...

Yes I had the timing checked, all pins lined up no problem there...

Hi Marty, all usual stuff checked and/or replaced. New glow plugs and tested all ok. New prime pump. New fuel filter. (bleed screw seals ok) New blee3d off pipes. No sign of failed fuel lines. Now, the reason I suspect fuel draining problems is this: Car running normally and hot or cold, turn...