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I'm sorry about the moody posts. I haven't calmed down yet, I shall try and curtail my annoyance 
OK, time for the story.....Well, having convinced myself I'd solved the cutting out problem after many session runnings on my driveway happily. I made the silly mistake of booking her in for an MOT at 2pm today, even took the day off work specially.
Checked all her tyres, light, usual pre-MOT bits. Turned the key and she started, albeit a little reluctantly. Adjusted mirrors and away we went. Had a bit of a kangaroo out of my street and also at the following junction. Must just be cos she's cold, carry on another 1/2 mile, cough splutter, cough splutter, misfire. Hmmm, perhaps she needs petrol so I stop at a handy petrol station and buy her some of the finest and pay the good lady
On we go again, about 1.5mile from home by this point. Cough, splutter, die, cough, splutter, cough, splutter, dead
Coast off road onto side road next to B&Q
Here we sat, still with chance to make MOT as I set off early. Prodded HT leads, flick relays, changed all fuses and even phoned (well texted) a friend!
Hmmmm, phoned MOT place and cancelled
Organised a tow home from a mate, so went to B&Q (200yards) to buy tow rope and then started to prod and poke some more as I had to wait until he finished work.
What did I establish......well, fuel pump not running with igntion on (I know it's not supposed to but mine always has ) So, I kind of bypassed the proper wiring and made it run all the time, so that's OK, as is the wiring to it from the engine bay.
Still no joy, so I managed to remove a spark plug with a handy AJ. No sparks, bu$$er, tried it with king lead, no sparks, great, no HT. No sparks, no fuel, no nothing No multimeter with me so couldn't prod further.
Then it rained and I got towed home
Now I'm on homebrew cider
OK, time for the story.....Well, having convinced myself I'd solved the cutting out problem after many session runnings on my driveway happily. I made the silly mistake of booking her in for an MOT at 2pm today, even took the day off work specially.
Checked all her tyres, light, usual pre-MOT bits. Turned the key and she started, albeit a little reluctantly. Adjusted mirrors and away we went. Had a bit of a kangaroo out of my street and also at the following junction. Must just be cos she's cold, carry on another 1/2 mile, cough splutter, cough splutter, misfire. Hmmm, perhaps she needs petrol so I stop at a handy petrol station and buy her some of the finest and pay the good lady
On we go again, about 1.5mile from home by this point. Cough, splutter, die, cough, splutter, cough, splutter, dead
Coast off road onto side road next to B&Q Here we sat, still with chance to make MOT as I set off early. Prodded HT leads, flick relays, changed all fuses and even phoned (well texted) a friend!
Hmmmm, phoned MOT place and cancelled
Organised a tow home from a mate, so went to B&Q (200yards) to buy tow rope and then started to prod and poke some more as I had to wait until he finished work.
What did I establish......well, fuel pump not running with igntion on (I know it's not supposed to but mine always has
) So, I kind of bypassed the proper wiring and made it run all the time, so that's OK, as is the wiring to it from the engine bay. Still no joy, so I managed to remove a spark plug with a handy AJ. No sparks, bu$$er, tried it with king lead, no sparks, great, no HT. No sparks, no fuel, no nothing
No multimeter with me so couldn't prod further. Then it rained and I got towed home
Now I'm on homebrew cider
G'day. Thanks for the encouragement and ideas
I'm still not talking to her, will wait until the w'end before going near her again as I'm liable to be destructive
Hmmmmm, dodgy earth somewhere, could well be, a lot of other probs on her have been due to this. Not at the battery end though, somewhere more obscure, I'll pursue the main earth point(s). Then I'll pursue the various suggestions from your good selves and have a good prod with the multimeter round the fusebox/relays. It's something fairly fundamental I thinks, given I've lost HT (no power to coil) and also no fuel pump action.
Guess I'll have to fix her, no one wants to buy her!
Must resist temptation to pull out all engine/ignition wiring, but it may be the best course of action in the end. Preferably in a controlled and methodical way, rather than grabbing a bunch and pulling.
My carb'd kit car was sooooo much easier to wire up and get running! Hmmmmmm, big carbs, now there's an idea
I'm still not talking to her, will wait until the w'end before going near her again as I'm liable to be destructive
Hmmmmm, dodgy earth somewhere, could well be, a lot of other probs on her have been due to this. Not at the battery end though, somewhere more obscure, I'll pursue the main earth point(s). Then I'll pursue the various suggestions from your good selves and have a good prod with the multimeter round the fusebox/relays. It's something fairly fundamental I thinks, given I've lost HT (no power to coil) and also no fuel pump action.
Guess I'll have to fix her, no one wants to buy her!
Must resist temptation to pull out all engine/ignition wiring, but it may be the best course of action in the end. Preferably in a controlled and methodical way, rather than grabbing a bunch and pulling.
My carb'd kit car was sooooo much easier to wire up and get running! Hmmmmmm, big carbs, now there's an idea
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