OK. I disconnected the reverse wire from coil positive, remade the circuit by placing multimeter in series from coil to disconnected wire gets the following: Ignition off, no current from Coil to removed reverse wire. Ignition on, not in reverse, as above no current. Ignition on, reverse in gear, 2.8 amps drawn and reverse lights come on. This sounds right to me (but I've been know to be wrong...iften ) so my suspicions about the cold start issues being linked to this don't stack up.
I hate to say this, and I will check, but I'm also checking my HT lead was properly seated and with 4 positive tabs on the coil could have meant that it may not have been fully seated
@snotty (aka Grasshopper), it's cool and damp here and I've just started the camper with all leads attached. I am loath to say it, but it might be that the HT cable was not fully on or it might be that I fettled with the carbs yesterday to balance them out a bit better. Long story short, she is starting better than she was
Haha Chris, another little process to add to the daily pre-flight checks. It's become a second nature thing to check the plug leads are seated, dizzy cap is clipped , after I've dipped the oil and had a good hard stare at the wiring. There's no real logic to it, nothing changes, but it makes me feel better
Step 1 of my fault finding is to check previous "temporary fixes" that have somehow become permanent fixes. The most recent one was the baja refusing to idle, progressively getting worse and worse. Tracked down to my temporary fix when I first got it on the road of blanking off a vac port on the intake manifold with a bit of hose with a piece of gaffer tape over the end of it! Gaffer tape had failed so it was gulping air in. Now permanently fixed with a nice blanking hose off ebay.
Fingers crossed it continues to start, albeit still with some hesitation. All in all I'd rather find the fault than hanging on to being right
