Got it recovered to my house. Had a quick fart around with it when it arrived… best I managed was a perfectly timed uncle buck backfire just as the mrs was walking out the drive to the corner shop. Couldn’t have been better.
I’m going to check the timing, go over the dizzy again, maybe try the internals I know work from the teg. See what’s what. I think I’m probably going to end up re-wiring it TBH. I’m 95% sure it’s electrical.
Good news is the mini centre repaired the inner sill rust and located the elusive leak - a missing grommet/seal for the non-existent interior door light.
Oh and pedal box review: much improved braking. Also, more issues: Leaky brand new cylinder. No pedal stop means driving this car is a delicate task, you run the constant risk of overthrowing the clutch and/or master cylinder. Fun times. The bias bar is also mostly unusable, I’ve got maybe 20% adjustment out of the full range before the accelerator interferes like the last pedal box did 100% of the time…. That is, if you press the brakes hard enough, you also start to press the accelerator slightly (Hence this whole process began in the first place). And here we are, back at square 1.5.
The pedal stop is an easy fix…
I’m not going to show what Stevie and I came up with on the fly. For now, it’s set biased way too much to the rear but it’s stops better than it ever did and the pedal gives a nice confident feel. A huge contrast to the spongy lucky dip pedal of old.