15-02-2019, 12:05 PM
I had a similar problem, after 4 years of storage, I filled up with all fresh fuel and all was Ok for 80 miles or so. I was driving from peterborough for Portsmouth en route for SW France, when I had similar problem. First stop was Woking - drained the fuel off and put fresh in. That was good and we got down to Hindhead when the problem came back again. We conked out next to a landcover agent garage. Good bunch there and we blew the jets out, cleaned the fuel pipe (RN with gravity tank) and hey presto on our way again only to stop 4 miles down the road. By this time, we were getting short of time for the ferry, so got a recovery From the AA to Portsmouth and then towed onto the ferry by one of their "tugs" - that was a bit hairy !!
On the other side, a friend trailered the car to home in France. I eventually found the problem to be a worn top bush in the distributer such that the points gap varied from from about 0.006" to 0.018". Further, the distributer drive gear was very badly worn and was replaced at the same time. Why this had not manifested itself before, I do not know, but as you say, started Ok, ticker OK and then sometimes complete lack of power -just a ticker.
On the other side, a friend trailered the car to home in France. I eventually found the problem to be a worn top bush in the distributer such that the points gap varied from from about 0.006" to 0.018". Further, the distributer drive gear was very badly worn and was replaced at the same time. Why this had not manifested itself before, I do not know, but as you say, started Ok, ticker OK and then sometimes complete lack of power -just a ticker.