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Pardon Sooty what did you say ?


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The Sooty Plug

This one's dry and black. If you rub it you get black soot all over your fingers.

The carburretor (pict 33/34 whatever..) is probably your culprit hear, there;s just too much juice squirting into your cylinders. Tune that carb and save yourself a packet on petrol. If this isn't the case it's likely to be fuel related,
the choke for instance. If your fuel systems looking good, take a look at your air filter, is it gunged ? if so replace or clean it up.