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« on: April 11, 2017, 01:44:28 PM »
Thanks everybody for some good advice. This definitely gave me the confidence to take the rocker cover off and see what's in there. My usual mistake is to over complicate things, which gets me thinking "I'll never be able to do that". So far, it turned out to be a very simple operation (don't laugh, I'm a novice).
Saw the injectors, pipes, in and out, and once again got cold feet. Over thinking again, probably, but the manual states beware of leaking fuel into the crankcase, and it seemed impossible to bleed that line without doing precisely that. While studying the manual, a bit more diligently this time, I saw a line about adjusting the speed by small amounts via a screw through the front cover. I thought I'd try this first and if it didn't work, then pop the fuel lines. Bearing in mind the engine is running smoothly, without missing, albeit a too low a RPM. Put the rocker cover on, fired her up and played with this screw. To my surprise and joy the revs started climbing. Luckily I have a strobe light type tachometer, so turned until I got the desired 1500RPM. I had to turn it more than the manual's stipulated 2 1/2% maximum (closer to 5%), but she still sounded good. Checked the voltage and it's sitting nicely at 240.1VAC under no load.
I am going to run her like this for a while, change the fuel filter and see what happens. I'm not much of a mechanic, but for some strange reason, I do have a good ear for mechanical noise, so if I hear any change of tones, or roughness, I'll then go further and flush and bleed the whole fuel system.
Thanks once again to all of you for the detailed and great advice. You have surely given me confidence to put a bit more faith in myself and old Mr Lister.
If you don't hear from me soon, you'll know all is well, but know also that I'll still be lurking on the forum most nights, picking up useful bits of info all the time
Cheers,
Peter