Things have gone from bad to worse.
Going to the Bristol evening at the Ace Cafe it gave out in heavy traffic at West Ealing. Again going slowly up hill. Eventually got it going after lots of cranking, manual priming of the fuel pump and lots of false starts. No problems on the way home.
The following Tuesday, just south of Dorking, going up a dual carriageway hill at 60 mph I put my foot down to get past a RAV4 and the engine faltered. Eased back and managed to hold 50 mph but again heavy traffic outside Horsham saw it give up. Once more priming and cranking got it going for a couple of hundred yards, twice, before finally giving up the ghost.
Now to the questions:
How full should the pump bowl be? It fills on priming with lots of bubbles but the level drops back down to the gauze.
It was suggested that the pipes in the fuel tank were perforated but they seem fine. Can the reserve pipe solenoid be overhauled? Should it? I am told that it will pick up the sludge from the bottom of the tank.
Can anyone recommend a good coil & condenser? I left the ignition on while trickle charging for 5 days. It was rather hot when I checked it this evening and I am guessing it may have burnt out.
Woe, woe and thrice woe.....
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