I will recheck it, but I'm happy that the mag timing is correct.
I haven't touched the bottom end, so there will be no issues with crank/cam timing, plus it all looked correct whilst turning the engine with the head off.
New gaskets both ends between Carb and engine, air filter filled with oil, new pipe between air filter and Carb and a rubber glove wrapped round the top of the Carb. The jets are clear, as is the gauze in the bottom of the Carb.
With a drop of fuel down the plug hole, she will pop and bang and do maybe two or three rotations by herself, ( which is a start!) but she will not strike up properly.
Thanks for the responses chaps, I will refrain from the choicer Anglo saxon words I know and just say 'oh bugger'.
Hey ho, one step forward, two steps back!.
I am a little financially embarrassed at the moment, so I will have to just quietly plod on with stripping the engine to assess the extent of the damage.
Jonathan, could you pm me with a price for the spare barrel that you mentioned, maybe when I am less Church-mouse like we could sort something out.
I've just removed the cylinder head from my mg2 in an attempt to get to the bottom of its reluctance to start, and look what I found! Notice the two large score marks in the cylinder wall.
I'm guessing that that will not be helping!
What does anyone think, will it be possible to bore that out? Or is the block FUBAR?
Update : I decided that this would be a good opportunity to experiment with electrolysis.
I do not know what sort of unholy witchcraft is happening in that bucket, but several rollers are already free, with NO effort on my part and expenditure to the ruinous sum of 65p for soda crystals!.
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Hi Neil,
I will recheck it, but I'm happy that the mag timing is correct.
I haven't touched the bottom end, so there will be no issues with crank/cam timing, plus it all looked correct whilst turning the engine with the head off.
Joe.