Help!!!!!!!!
I've got my Egli in one piece after a long layoff.
I've run it a few times in 5 mile stints to sort a few adjustments for MoT. I had various problems to sort out, but the most annoying was the ignition kept playing up. Running retarded, then advanced after adjustment, and nomatter how careful I was, it was never right - actually I lie - I was so chuffed I'd set it finally, that I booked the MoT, when the MoT day came it wouldn't start, and I suspect the timing had slipped again on my test run.
The ignition was a Jolly Thresher twin points setup, that I'd modified back to the original ATD, because the Norton setup gave me the wrong advance.
Having decided the system was a bit long in the tooth I decided to swap for a Pazon system. I've bought a trigger, rotor and "box of tricks" and built it in the JT housing.
The bike is loathe to start, when it does (1 start in 5 kicks) it runs for a secondish, sounds right, runs on both cylinders, then stops. One time I kept it running by holding down one of the ticklers (Concentric mark 2) and after a minute it was so hot that I burned my finger on the end of the silencer. I've never needed chokes, probably too rich, but I prefer that to too weak.
The Pazon is timed spot on to both dots, on the right cylinders at 38 degrees before (definitely before) TDC. The magnets are the right way round, and the trigger wires are correct. I'm told the 2 12V coils would be better as 6V, but I haven't had the new coils delivered yet.
I have this horrible feeling I've got tunnel vision, so I'm not going to say what I think the problem is in case I start someone on the wrong track. Don't just think ignition, anything is possible.
Help!!!!!!! I want to ride it again, and I'm not getting any closer.
H
I've got my Egli in one piece after a long layoff.
I've run it a few times in 5 mile stints to sort a few adjustments for MoT. I had various problems to sort out, but the most annoying was the ignition kept playing up. Running retarded, then advanced after adjustment, and nomatter how careful I was, it was never right - actually I lie - I was so chuffed I'd set it finally, that I booked the MoT, when the MoT day came it wouldn't start, and I suspect the timing had slipped again on my test run.
The ignition was a Jolly Thresher twin points setup, that I'd modified back to the original ATD, because the Norton setup gave me the wrong advance.
Having decided the system was a bit long in the tooth I decided to swap for a Pazon system. I've bought a trigger, rotor and "box of tricks" and built it in the JT housing.
The bike is loathe to start, when it does (1 start in 5 kicks) it runs for a secondish, sounds right, runs on both cylinders, then stops. One time I kept it running by holding down one of the ticklers (Concentric mark 2) and after a minute it was so hot that I burned my finger on the end of the silencer. I've never needed chokes, probably too rich, but I prefer that to too weak.
The Pazon is timed spot on to both dots, on the right cylinders at 38 degrees before (definitely before) TDC. The magnets are the right way round, and the trigger wires are correct. I'm told the 2 12V coils would be better as 6V, but I haven't had the new coils delivered yet.
I have this horrible feeling I've got tunnel vision, so I'm not going to say what I think the problem is in case I start someone on the wrong track. Don't just think ignition, anything is possible.
Help!!!!!!! I want to ride it again, and I'm not getting any closer.
H