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Hello all, This might be a silly question, but I'm going to ask it all the same: What does hand-tight mean? I've looked online and seen it variously defined as: 'as tight as can be made by hand without the aid of tools' or 'as tight as can be made with only the assistance of hand tools' (i.e. withou...

myoldjalopy wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 10:14 am Now enjoy driving your car!

Thanks, I certainly will.

Update: I got Little Mo' back from the mechanic's today. He couldn't find anything specific which was causing the problem, but put it down to the fact that the engine hasn't had a general tuning in a while. This is what he did: - Adjusted the tappets - Adjusted the distributor timing - Cleaned the i...

Hi again,

Thanks for the suggestions. Sadly these things are now getting beyond my skill at fixing so I have booked her in to be looked at. If anyone's interested, I'll report back with what the problem was.

I'm reasonably sure it's a standard HS2. Either way, it doesn't have a waxstat mechanism on the jet. A nice idea though.

Sadly I am beginning to feel such an easy fix is off the table. I haven't moved the throttle adjustment screw (it's as far out as it can be anyway). Also I have pushed the throttle off by hand at the carburettor when it is idling high and it doesn't make a difference.

Hello again,

The choke appears to be returning fully at the carburettor. What else could I try?

Thanks.

I briefly tried running without the air filter and the problem persisted, although replacing the air filter is on my to do list.

I will check the choke in the morning like you suggest and report back. Thank you for your help.

geoberni wrote: ↑Sat Aug 15, 2020 6:15 pm
Have you checked the Choke set up?

Thanks for the reply,

As far as I can tell, the choke cable returns the full distance. Is there another way I could check whether the choke is fully off?

Hi everyone, I was hoping some knowledgeable people on this lovely forum would be able to help me with a puzzling (at least for me!) Minor issue. I have recently got my Minor 1000 running again after six months or so in storage. She started fine and ran well for a couple of weeks. Recently, however,...