30-07-2021, 07:44 PM
Finally took the car on a test run with the valves redone and the new electronic ignition, only for it to die after about 10 minutes of driving and leave me stranded with no spark in an absolute downpour. With nothing obviously wrong I resorted to calling for recovery only to be told it'd be several hours, so onto plan B which was to get a taxi back home to collect the old distributor which was fitted in the space of 5 minutes and allowed me to make it home under my own steam. I'll reserve judgement on the electronic ignition until I've had a proper look to make sure I've not done something stupid, but I think the key lesson here is to make sure to double check the spare distributor is actually in the car and not sitting on the bench!