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·I think you need to check everything related to fuel and ignition.
Check the plugs (are the gaps correct, are the electrodes looking healty, i.e. lightbrown?). Check the leads (clean contacts, no internal breaches, no brittle isolation, every HT lead connected to the right plug?). Check the distributor and the contact points (are the contacs set correctly, how do the elctrodes inside the cap and on the rotor look?). How about the condenser (aka capacitor), is it still OK? Then check the ignition timing. Is the coil OK (a bad coil can cause lots of symptoms that would indicate problems elsewhere!)?
Fuel: it is prudent to fit an inline fuel filter between fuel pump and carburettor (not before the fuel pump), carbs just don't like dirt.
Carb: has it been set up correctly?
Check the plugs (are the gaps correct, are the electrodes looking healty, i.e. lightbrown?). Check the leads (clean contacts, no internal breaches, no brittle isolation, every HT lead connected to the right plug?). Check the distributor and the contact points (are the contacs set correctly, how do the elctrodes inside the cap and on the rotor look?). How about the condenser (aka capacitor), is it still OK? Then check the ignition timing. Is the coil OK (a bad coil can cause lots of symptoms that would indicate problems elsewhere!)?
Fuel: it is prudent to fit an inline fuel filter between fuel pump and carburettor (not before the fuel pump), carbs just don't like dirt.
Carb: has it been set up correctly?