At my wits end...
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At my wits end...
ive got a 1300 mk1, which up until recently was running fine. then for no reason just failed to start after being left for 3 days.
ive got a spark, fuel, compession and a wet back from working in the pissing rain :-)
ive changed coil, plugs, leads, dizzy cap + arm, points, condensor, recent cam belt, cleaned jets, all the usual suspects etc
sometimes it will fire but only with the dizzy turned fully clockwise, and then only for a short time, as if there is fuel starvation, and it dies and then no life whatsoever.
Please save a marrage and throw some suggestions my way, or the wife may end up in the noose, if i so much as hear, "have you tried this, have you tried that, one more time" :-)
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i kept clicking post and nothing was happening, but now i seem to have 6 posts. :-)
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the points were changed about 2 months ago, but when removed this time they had a peak on them. i thought this may have just been due to a dodgy condensor, so both have been replaced again.
also the timing light shows the marks in the right place , but no life until the dizzy is turned fully clockwise….. but this is throwing the timing marks well out, and if you try to return the dizzy back to its normal position, it dies.
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i`m hoping its something really stupid to do with mk1s that i`m not familiar with :-)
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just seen that your in surrey, where abouts in surrey are you?
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oh and walton on the hill :-)
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did you re-adjust and tighten after doing a few miles on a new belt? if not it's prob like wet knicker elastic! Mine was.
if it's 2 teeth out it wont run at all as it'll be too far retarded.
Jon.
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i think that may be the way ta go.
cheers.
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confused the crap outta me at first lol
let us know how it goes!
Jon.
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Ours froze the water pump which caused the belt to jump, and only started with the dizzy moved.
It started with a bit of a clatter as 3 of the valves gained a new design…
TT
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ive checked all the marks.
main pulley lined up TDC & camshaft pulley lied up with mark, so appears not to have jumped a tooth.
points reset after finding they had closed.
still nothing, its driving me insane. :-)
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its a 1.3 1983 driver …. with a bosch dizzy
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hmmmm
keep looking for simple things could be a cold start hose loose.
or the uplifter pump on its way out a blocked fuel line perhaps.
golfs are fun golfs are fast ive just seen one go past
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hmm. sounds like the dizzy may be shot then!
Electronic igniton kits wont help if the vacuum advance is dead.
Jon.
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thanks for all your replies, your keeping me motivated ….. :-)
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