ok so i take the van up to the servo last night to fill the tank & it`s missing,back firing & spluttering through the rev range,fine at idle.

just want to know what i should be looking at today,want to get it right before i go for the blue slip.

all advice greatly appreciated.

cheers
jayson

Have a look at the spark plugs, they're easy

Check the timing and make sure that the distributor is not loose and able to turn.

Also check that the fuel filter is not full of gunk especially as this is a recent restoration.

Mike

Another possibility is it's running lean.

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Is it running better now that's u fueled it up? Maybe u were outta fuel?

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thanks for all the replies.

will check plugs.

which way do i turn the mixture nut to richen it ?

i set the static timing at 10' btdc is this too much ? fuel filter looks ok

fueling up made no difference

cheers
jayson

Tighten the nut to lean it out, loosen the nut to richen it.

And here I was thinking he had lost his engine

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1964 Cooper UK 970 S 'CZ 4289'

.. and don't forget the nut is screwed in upside-down, so looking from above rich is clockwise, lean is anti-clockwise

(this is one of those things my brain will never instinctively get.. I have to visualise it every time )

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges

I was wondering how long it would take

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1964 998cc Cooper
1971 Mini K x 2
1972 Clubman GT

That's what I was doing yesterday - thinking it through. Something like, "Ok, my head's under the car, feet out the front, I'm looking at the nut, to lean it off I put the spanner on the nut so that it's pointing towards the driver's side and spin it towards the engine..."
So, to enrich the mix, spanner on the nut pointing to the passenger side and pull towards the engine.

thanks everybody,will try the mixture once it stops raining.gotta love katoomba weather

laughed when i read that

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PrOuDlY aSkInG qUeStIoNs FoR uR aMuEsMeNt

so it was raining while you you were driving or just now ?

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no wasn`t raining when i was driving.

made the mixture richer,just made it worse

moved dissy either way,no improvement

thinking maybe wrong needle in carby