I sneaked round and sabotaged it when you were in Germany - that'll teach you not to reply to texts!!
i've never had or seen it running, i've stripped it and rebuilt, new bearings seals etc. Good compression all round. Its electronic ignition, i have a spark at each lead. Static timing is set correctly, fuel is getting through on a good carb. Its not even trying to fire, can't work it out. I'll go out again this evening and give it another crack - I have a defibrillator on order
Take the air filter off and chuck a couple of drips of fuel down. Your tappets set correctly? Fresh fuel being used. What colour is your spark and have you checked gap on spark plugs? What engine you got?
If there is compression, fuel and spark it should start. I'd start by rechecking the spark plug timing, guessing that if the spark was there at the wrong time the fuel would not ignite. (unless of course there is a timing problem between the crank and the cam, hope not). I had a 1600 once that I could not get started, turned out I had the distributor in 180 degrees wrong. So I switched the spark plug leads all around by two ports over each and fired and ran great. Even left it that way for a year. I just did not want to take the distr. out again. If not, then I'd squirt some fuel into the cylinder or two and try it, thus telling you if the fuel is getting from the carb. to the barrells. Keep at it, you'll find the weak link.
no, its the blue bus, not the white one. The white one is in the garage under a rug looking all Herbies-big-brother-esque with its arse in the air and its engine on the bench. and no, not the FI bus, although the FI bus is also blue
I knew what you had done btw - I was just waiting for you to realise, Did you not do the same thing last time?
Blue bus - the 'keeper' with the quirky interior set-up that had the truck mirrors on it??? What lump have you got in it?
