Thanks The coil is a Lucas Gold and about four years old so not a poor copy. Since it's not too much money, I'll switch it and put in a red rotor arm, condenser, check points etc. (it's a conventional breaker ignition system). Unfortunately, I had no time to do an ignition spark check since the engi...

I have a 3.4 MOD that has run well for the last 5 years with rare starting issues - only occasionally reluctant to go in that period just after the cold start device has kicked out. Took it for a 30 minute run yesterday with no issues. Stopped the engine and went to put it in the garage ten minutes ...