Seeing my landie unexpectedly

Take the top off the distributor and remove the rotor arm.

Why? for the last year I've been leaving my IIa recovery parked up outside, all day, keys in ignition, doors unlocked (they don't lock) and with the battery cutoff key engaged. Even at work I leave it unlocked, just without the ignition keys in it. Never has it been so much as moved, let alone nicked.

The exception being at work, I gave them permission to shove it out of the way if they need to park buses and I'm doing a late shift - quite often it's on the end of a row and in thier way when they're putting the buses to bed.

Alex

Or even put a doctored rotor arm there in it's place.

problem is that the tea leaves have recently broken in to mine, so that having discovered how easy it is they might be back.

-- Larry Series 3 rust and holes

Because Larry is worried it'll get nicked? (He mentioned this in the earlier part of the thread).

A few of us are, like you, lucky not to have to worry about such inconveniences. Larry is not one of the few.

"Mother" > wrote in reply to.. "Larry" >

And the lead from the Coil to the Distributor.

Won't work if you don't take the rotor arm out as well, otherwise you can just move a lead. A Series 2.25 will run quite happily on 3 cylinders. In fact my rebuild was running on two cylinders when we first got it running. Apart from a reluctance to idle, it seemed quite reasonable.

Then I noticed I'd got two of the leads muddled up....

Alex

Yes they will run on three cylinders but I wouldn't call the result happy. at least I was not happy last time that happened due to a knackered plug.

-- Larry Series 3 rust and holes

Oh I dunno, I drove mine back from St Albans to Luton on 2 cylinders once, when the head gasket went. Needed low box up a steep hill, but otherwise manageable.

Alex