I'm in carrot crunching Suffolk.
Not many people around here are old car fettlers unfortunately.
Ok so we now have new plugs, leads, cap, coil, carb rebuild kit and still no better.
So today I replaced all fuel pipes, fuel pump, sourced a new inlet manifold gasket and pulled the inlet off. Before replacing the inlet manifold the face was sanded on a flat surface to ensure a good seal. My vacuum pipe sucks like a good'un and the advance / retard is working on the distributor.
Took it for a run and.........................no better.
Tomorrow I'll be setting valve clearances. Am I correct in thinking the 1256 is 0.8 inlet and exhaust?
If that doesn't work I'll be buying a gallon of fuel and a box of swan vesta's...
Covid is driving people stark raving mad. Today I observed a woman having a full blown conversation with her dog.
When I arrived home and told my rabbit about it we laughed for hours.