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it's electronic ignition. have a spare battery so will try this, thank you :)

yeah it's electric choke but I need to set it up again as it's too closed when I start up and it struggles. have to prop the valve open a little bit with a screwdriver or it starts and then cuts out

It revs fine in both park and neutral. Have looked at the spark and it seems quite strong. The plugs and leads are new but I have a new coil I can put on. Have ordered a new regulator and ignition control unit as someone gave me some advice that a bad control unit could be the cause so fingers...

i’ve done this check on the coil and between each side it’s about 0.2 and the middle to the positive is high but have checked a brand new coil i’ve just had over from rock auto and that’s the same so not sure if i’m testing it wrong? have disconnected everything from the coil before checking it...

sorry, it’s a ‘73 satellite. it’s at 12v though is that not correct? when it was overcharging previously i sorted that issue, just the symptoms now remind me of then but when it was doing that the volt meter was sat at around 15v. that was about a year ago now though and since i sorted that it...

Posting this in electrical as not sure if it’s something to do with the ignition or not. Swapped the inlet manifold gasket recently as was having issues with lack of power and took it for a test drive the other day and it worked perfectly. Have tried to drive it this weekend and every time it...

haha doing the oil change, is it oil or chocolate

fingers crossed that sorts it! will do, thank you :)

i checked for puff of air when starting the engine and thought i could feel one so swapped the gasket which deff can’t have been doing much as it looked like this! going to do an oil change and try starting again and hopefully the noise will have gone

i honestly have no idea as haven’t ever taken the engine apart, just bought it as a stock 318 with a 4bbl on. will look into how to tell the difference between them :)

it’s a small block and electric fuel pump but that’s interesting to know! why just on a big block would that happen?

will have a go that’s a good idea about the stethoscope thank you! pulled the rocker cover before and all of the rockers seemed fine like weren’t wobbling and felt normal. will have a feel with the engine cold as well to see if there feels like there’s a leak.

Hi, i’ve recently replaced the inlet manifold gasket in my satellite as it was having power issues and thought this was why. it’s got loads more power now and is running happier but it’s making a tapping noise from the passenger side. I thought maybe it was the exhaust manifold gasket but i...

oops that’s my bad, thought i put an update of the compression tests as well. need to redo 6 & 8 as seem to have lost the photos. i also did a test wjtb that Reld liquid and it didn’t change colour so hoping that means the head gasket is okay. The plug wires are fine and have checked the dizzy...

oh no, is it likely i’ll need a new engine do you think