governorsam Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 check brushes in the alternator as well, common failure/wear out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltik Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 Points gap was vitually non-existant. Cleaned the plugs and now its a shitload better. Runs mint in fact! Went for a celebratory 4x4 session with JohnnyB and VG and it performed perfectly....until the exhaust fell off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Start with the basics good man.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltik Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 So to tie all the pieces together and summarise. The tiny points gap was giving a very low dwell. During the voltage drops due to dodgy regulator - the dwell time combined with lower voltage and worn out HT leads was causing a very poor spark. Any significant load resulting in a missfire. Still need to swap the voltage reg over, i have one from my Subaru i could retrofit. Thats only worth doing if they cost lots to buy new tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 ....until the exhaust fell off. It decided it needed to sound awesomer, and it succeeded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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