Why do they always break down when you have taken your toolbox out of the back? Ive been driving around with it there for the last week but had to rush out to get a fanbelt for the car and forgot to put it back in. Then what does it do but die. bastard thing!
I had my timing gun, 1 big blunt screwdriver and a pair of pliers in there.
In the 101..
When cranking it there were sparks all over the coil terminals which didnt look good to me, so i assumed my electric ignition module had died (it has wires going to coil +ve, -ve and the dissy). Fortunetly i still had loads of ignition spares and the old system in the back. Coil change made no difference.
So i spent about an hour rebuilding the ignition back to non-electric (you also have to refit the condensor in the dissy which is hard when it is a very large blunt screwdriver).
Then found i had sparks on the HT leads again but it still wouldnt start. replaced the points, dissy rotor arm and cap. Still wouldnt start. Checked the timing (statically). No joy
As a last resort as the battery was starting to die a bit i thought i'd try it on petrol before ringing the RAC (and sending a begging text to Lee asking for a tow!)... and it fired right up! so i quickly drove it home (rolling much of the way with the engine off as there was only 4liters of fuel in the tank!)
LPG guage on the tank reads half full (which i right for the mileage ive done). solenoids in the engine bay click.
I'm assuming either:
a) i didnt diagnose the lack of spark properly due to being hot, stressed and pissed off and it is infact just an LPG issue.
b) my electric ignition blew up and took the coil sensing bit of the LPG controller out with it. Is this likely - though it should still start for a second shouldnt it as it gives it a brief 'gasp' of gas? (i can hear it hiss so the solenoids are opening atleast briefly)
any other ideas?