I give up! - advice on who can help - oil everywhere post rebuild

Spacecowboyuk · Jul 26, 2021

Lasty said: ↑

Easy option is to look into the noisy cupboard when it's dark and see if there's any sparky-arciness going on ....
If there's problems further behind the tinware you may not see any arcing, just bite the bullet and buy a decent set of leads

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These are good German leads. But I will check as you advise.

Spacecowboyuk · Jul 26, 2021

mikedjames said: ↑

No, not normal, means either a broken ignition lead or partially fallen off spark plug lead, cracked insulator or hole in the rubber of the leads. Shouldnt do this, also if the plug is in circuit, there should be only enough voltage to jump 0.6mm as thats the gap of the plug.

I would guess your bus is actually only running on 3 cylinders. Go round the engine, pick up the spark plug lead lying on the tinware, put it back and feel sheepish. (my 1641 will do nearly 50mph on the flat with a missing spark plug lead, and careful nursing. People with bigger engines may not even find difficulty reaching 70mph .. )

Similarly, cross-firing means there is a massive gap somewhere in the ignition leads downstream, or the distributor cap is really filthy.

Or you have points that have not been gapped properly before setting the timing, leading to the firing point of the points (when they open) being many degrees away from when the rotor arm points at the spark plug lead inside the distributor..
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Thanks @mikedjames I think you're most likely spot on. Will investigate more (running leccy ignition).

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