This post is more so for Grumpy,
Well I've spent hours today trying in vain to get this Villiers 412 started and believe me I've checked everything and still it won't even attempt to cough into life.
I've got spark at the top of the plug (got a pulse from the lead with very minimal cranking)
I've got compression (valves are both fully functional)
I've got fuel (removed carby and inlet is wet)even substituted the carby with another identical unit from a working motor
But, I still don't have any combustion which equates to vroom vroom !
The only thing that I can think is that its a plug issue, but I put a second plug into it and still nothing, poured a bit of fuel in through the plug hole as you can't throw it down this type of carby and still nada, zip, nothing.
I must admit this ones got me beat. The machine is pretty original so nothing has been substituted apart from the original petrol tank which I've managed to get one and return it back to original, it now looks more of the period of which the engine is.
BTW I've dated this Supercut at about 1968 as its painted in exactly the same variant of Hammertone Green as my original 14' Model 45 that is fitted with the grey 2HP engine and that was made in 68.
Any ideas as I'm really scratching for them at the moment. I'll have to say that I'm more of a Briggs man and that Villiers are all new to me but the basic principles are still the same with the 3 elements, Fuel, compression and Spark.
Cheers,
BB
