Until....an absolute outstanding gentleman , familiar to some members here , Mr. Mick Wood stepped in and supplied the correct gear . What a true Abarth ebthusiast . I cannot thank you enough Mick , I hope some day if you're over here in Ireland I can do you a favour too .
Anyway , back to the mill....
By this stage the car was running , albeit with the slight rattle from the Distributor (pre Mick Wood intervention) . On driving the car however , I had an intermittent , louder rattle , when it was there it would be at a steady beat , then could disapear for miles . It seemed most common on overrun . Much headscratching later and I removed the fuel pick up pipe from the petrol tank .
As you can see , the gauze was sucking itself in.. and coupled with the pulsing effect of the fuel pump , the (steel) pick up pipe was tapping the side of the fuel tank . A real peculiar one . I removed the gauze completely , fitted an Inline filter just before the fuel pump , and gently bent the pick up pipe away from the side of the tank .
