Thanks again to another strong response =
from the
list
Everyone contributed something =
different so I have
a wealth of knowledge to draw from and have found all advice tendered, =
relevant
and helpful
Thankyou
Here is a summary of where I'm up =
to (My whole
day really, what the hell !)
1: 48hrs after washing, bright sunny =
day,
11.00am
Try to start the car, battery low, get =
a kick from
the engine, a really good sign
2: Battery dead so decide the kick is =
worth rolling
her off away from home and trying the hill start.
3: No response so I disconnect all =
leads, pull the
rotor out of the distributor, leave it all across the back on the engine =
lid to
dry in the sun, close her up and walk back up the hill for a coffee and =
a call
to a friend. Its a beautiful day here in Armidale.
4: My friend turns up about half an =
hour later and
we go down and jump the battery.
5: She fires on full throttle with the
revs ever so slowly climbing at full throttle for about 1 minute. =
White
smoke whisping out the back. (water in the air intake or hopelessly out =
of
tune/ignition timing?)
6. Turn her round and head back up the =
hill on
heavy throttle in first. (only has good power at med-high =
rpm)
7. Went round to my friends place to =
have some
lunch, do some gardening and tackle a sheep to put it back over the =
fence
into next door. ( It was a match saver ). It's now night =
time
8: She now starts easy, idle's well but =
extremely
rough when the gas is fed in untill she climbs her way out of it. I let =
her run
for about 20mins but no improvement. Might get the hairdryer up there
tomorrow.
9: One thing I noticed was that the =
base of the
plastic plug that comes out of the distributor to the hall sender is =
brittle and
has actually snapped but the three wires seem to be connected ok inside. =
Could
this affect the timing??? Something to check later. She sounds like =
she's
running on three at low rpm. If its dampness, why would it clean out at =
high?
Any thoughts about the whispy white smoke?
Dominic :)