Well I've finally had a chance to put the Villiers back together again and attempted to start it and nothing. I let it sit for about 5 hours and was walking past the machine and decided to crank the handle and see what happened........................well surprise surprise and only half half a crank it fired up and ran well for about 30 seconds and then it just died as if it ran out of fuel. Yes the fuel tap is open. I've since had another crack at it and it won't start. My guess is that it has a blocked jet as I haven't actually stripped the carby down, only externally cleaned it and the oil bath air cleaner side of things. It's about the only thing I can think of and it makes logical sense to me. I'm going to open up the carby and fully clean it and blow out all the jets and air holes etc., then give it another shot. all things going well it sounds like a strong non smoking engine that will serve the Supercut well.
Once I have it running like it should I shall make a video of it starting and running for all the helpful people to see as many of you have contributed with help and suggestions which has spurred me on to get the Villiers up and make this restoration a good example of the Scott Bonnar history as that's what this project is all about to me.
Cheers,
BB.
