I knew it would stop being good news at some point.
Filled the oil up and it came through clean. Took the sedimentor off and the fuel was fine. Took the distributor apart - very little corrosion and the points look fine (did the normal maintenance). Recharged the batteries and fitted them (remembering, finally, that both need to be in place) - electrical power to all the vitals.Do a hand-crank to check the spark across the points and the engine decides to stop moving.
Arse.
Also, the clutch pedal is going all the way to the floor with no resistance bar the spring. Its a hydraulic clutch system, which I have refilled but not yet bled. Hopefully it's that. But the real pain is the engine not moving.
Going to have to do some engine debugging now...starter sounds and rattles, it was turning on the starter handle but now doesn't, clutch doesn't work but its not in gear. My brother's neighbour Stan's advice was "if it won't turn on the handle, you've got a stuck valve". Hmm. Looks like I've got a rocker/tappet strip in my near future. Might try removing the starter motor first, just in case.
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