Well had a big push this week and the zetec heart is alive!
Last night was a wiring frenzy, when a neighbour came round and hooked up the fuel pump and edis ignition unit. Amazingly the car fired straight away - a shock all round. We went on to do the Megajolt and that seemed to improve the running.
Some frantic activity bleeding the brakes, bolting up the exhaust, making a throttle cable, filling with coolant, finding leaks, refilling with coolant, cutting and fitting the bonnet and I went off to get it MOT'd. Problem was the tickover had gradually increased, and by the time I arrived at the MOT station it was ticking over at around 3 - 4000 rpm. There was no way I could get it through like that, so the MOT was rearranged for later in the day.
A quick investigation brought to light that the jubilee clip holding one of the carbs on was resting against the throttle linkage. This was quickly rectified and I returned later for the MOT. The CO reading was quite low as I have not drilled out the main jets yet, but at least it was a past.
Much above tickover the car was not running well. With the assistance of Matt from Apple County kits and a borrowed laptop we discovered the TPS had been wired back to front - the Megajolt thought it was at full throttle when closed, and was retarding the ignition accordingly! Doh. A quick swap round made it run better, but think it needs the jets drilling out for full effect.
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