26-09-2020, 05:16 PM
Hi,
This is a real long shot but I had problems with my Nippy about 18 months ago where it ran well at times interspersed with being really rough / no real power / popping and banging at times / sometimes not wanting to start and so on. It turned out that most of the lip on the distributor base plate had fallen off so that the cap could move around even though it was held on by the clips. The effect was "variable" timing as the cap was free to move around on the base plate. Once I found this, it was a very quick and easy repair although it had me scratching my head a lot for a day or two before I found it.
May be it's worth a quick look to at least eliminate this from your search?
Best wishes,
Nick
This is a real long shot but I had problems with my Nippy about 18 months ago where it ran well at times interspersed with being really rough / no real power / popping and banging at times / sometimes not wanting to start and so on. It turned out that most of the lip on the distributor base plate had fallen off so that the cap could move around even though it was held on by the clips. The effect was "variable" timing as the cap was free to move around on the base plate. Once I found this, it was a very quick and easy repair although it had me scratching my head a lot for a day or two before I found it.
May be it's worth a quick look to at least eliminate this from your search?
Best wishes,
Nick