Two days on from investigative surgery and she is ticking over like a watch and pulling away cleanly. Dusty, good on yer mate. It was dirt in me carbies allright. Bits of what looked like gasket were floating in the bowl. When I tightened the carb top down I must have dislodged some goo. Clean and b...

Whilst plumbing other mysteries on my 1.4 340 (see 'cuts out at junctions') I came across this which might be useful to others-I would also be interested to know if it is a common fault. I had a squealing noise on starting from cold that would last for 5 miles or so. I put it down to fan belt or wat...

No news yet. Waiting for the week end and bits from the breakers. But James..193k! I am impressed, and inspired! I shall survive! Incidentally, what bits have failed along the way? Random thoughts re COAJ a) It might be running on 3 when underweigh but definitely not at tickover.b) Halfords distribu...

Thanks Hugh and Dusty. A Devon meet? Sounds interesting. As for the sick beast ....ho hum. Today was replacing perished hoses, check nuts and also see if the solenoid is working. The jury is still out on that one but I replaced the tube for the vacum advance thingy and that seemd to help. All nuts, ...

Ok the story so far. '91 340 1.4. Bought two years as a cheap runabout till I got a 'proper' car. Thing is I never have, as this car has entered my soul. Comfy, roomy, great turning circle, easy to work on....you know the score. However it refused to start three weeks ago. Mindful of advice on 'Mani...