Operating instructions

FAULT TRACING
The information given below is only intended to serve as a guide in localizing
and temporarily correcting minor faults. After having carried out any such
measures, have them checked and adjusted by an experienced mechanic.
The engine does not start although the starter motor
turns it round at normal speed
1 Check that there is fuel in the tank.
2 If the engine is warm, starting should be done with the accelerator pedal
slowly depressed as far as it will go.
3 In wet weather the sparking plug insulators should be wiped clean and the
distributor cap removed and wiped dry if flash-over is suspected.
4 Check that the fuel line connections on the pump and carburettor are not
leaking and that fuel is supplied to the carburettor.
5 If the engine is turned round for a while without having started, too rich a
fuel mixture can enter the cylinders resulting in the sparking plugs becoming
moist. Blow the cylinders clean by screwing off the sparking plug and turning
round the engine with the starter motor. Dry
the sparking plugs before
fitting them.
If
the engine misfires, the reason can be:
1
That one of the ignition cables has loosened in the distributor cover or from
the sparking plug.
2 That one of the sparking plugs is coated with soot or oiled up, in which case
the plug concerned should be cleaned or changed and the sparking plug gap
adjusted.
3 That the distributor cover and rotor arm are cracked or damaged.
4 That one of the ignition cables is in poor condition.
5 That the contact breaker gap in the distributor is insufficient or non-existent.
6 That the breaker contacts are badly burned.
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