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Thanks for the pointers, We've stripped the Dizzy out ans gone over the clamp, gear and other moving parts, alot of old oil n grease was under and around the clamp, a good clean seems to have settled the drifting for now, thanks again.

Hi, need some help, 1982 Cortina with 1987 2L Pinto engine, Weber 2V Carb, Recently engine started to idle irratically: adjusted ign timing and carb tuning, worked fine for a few weeks, idle went irratic again, stripped and rebuilt carb + manifold + assosiated hoses, re-adjusted ign timing, worked fine for a few weeks, idle went irratic again, checked and re-adjusted ign timing, fine for a few weeks, yet again, idle went irratic, checked and re-adjusted ign timing, fine for now. does anyone know what causes a pinto's ign timing to drift out during normal operation? Myself, one other OSF enthusiast and one Weber/pinto enthusiast have all been involved with this frequent retiming and we are all stumped! thanks,

hello, Name: Rob, Vehicles: 1993 Sierra Sapphire, 1.8 CVH 1982 Cortina, 2L Pinto (belongs to GF) 1957 Commer Q4, 4.7L Rootes OHV Wants: Own Cortina, MK3 Escort Van, Zodiac, nice to meeet you all,