'Cracked' the connections on the Fuel Distributor........expected gushes of fuel when the airflow plate was pressed........got a moderate ooze......it did vary as the plate was pressed and seemed about equal at each point when I took all the connections off...noticed the ooze seemed to be the old stale fuel - which seemed to be a bad sign that there had been no clearing flow to the injectors.......flow cleared to fresh fuel and seemed to increase a bit, but never became a gush

Does this seem what you would expect or does it sound like I have fuel distributor problems?

Next I removed the cold start valve....once again not much flow when I cracked the connection at the FD, but improved after a bit to a gush.......connected the valve directly to the battery and magically got a lovely cone of spray that switched off without a dribble -at least I feel I fixed something today!!

Started her up and amazingly it ran for what seemed like several minutes compared to the few seconds the last few days - but in reality was probably 30secs

After it stalled I noted the connection was off the thermo-time switch, which suggests to me it must have been running on fuel from the jets - asuming the cold start valve would not work with this connection removed........I will have to look closer at the control of the cold start valve -any help would be appreciated

Tomorrow I'll check the plugs for wetness

I'm a bit anxious about removing the injectors -hope I find the plugs all moist with the cold start valve control disconnected

Checked the price of injectors-$A107each!(~$US70) -I hate to think what a Fuel Distributor would cost

Looking forward to getting your opinions on the FD

Will keep you posted on my progress if there is any interest