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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 to be excessive wear on it, to the point where the...

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. All 4 plugs show a good strong spark. I have also...

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 the coil or module and hopefully identify the issue.

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 run lumpy whilst you carried out the adjustments...

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 things; one being a NG battery which is in the...