Found out today that the headlight wiper/washers don't work. (before anyone asks why I didn't check them when I bought it, I bought it for beer money, pretty well sight unseen, knowing it needed some tidying up.) They still don't work! The washers don't work because the delivery tube is not connected to the water supply. I can't see any way of connecting it. I can only assume that I need a "t" piece to tap into the tube that feeds the windscreen washers. As for the electrics I will just have to work back from the motors. As neither wiper works I assume it is a common supply/return fault that shouldn't be too difficult to track down.
After messing about all afternoon trying to sort out the wash side, I noticed tonight that the day running lights have stopped working. they come on when the lights are switched on, but not with the lights switched off. They were working this morning. I had blown a fuse, can't remember which one, but the book listed it for day running lights. Replacing it made no difference.
The wiring in the front is a total mess. It looks like various accessories have been fitted, badly wired, removed and the old bits of wire just left. I have been tidying up, removing all the unwanted wires that were clearly not original, so I can see what I am doing to sort out the rest of it.
Taking Stewar Hargraves advice I thought I ought to check the flame trap. Check it, I can't even find it. It's buried somewhere deep under the fuel injection unit. I did blow through the pipe that connects onto the spigot on the inlet manifold and it blew through OK, so can I assume it is OK. The spigot itself is also clear. My oil filler cap sucks down onto the rocker box when the engine is running, which I believe is a sign that this side of things is OK.
Even with these niggles the car runs well and I am enjoying driving it.
Bill