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Well...I traced the spark plug wires and they where all correct. Pulled off the Cap and re-seated. It did 'click' into place which I don't remember it doing last time. Un-screwed each plug (one at a time) and they where all 0.7mm. A couple had loose little screw thingys (the bit where the lead clicks onto) so I tightned these up and put a small amount of conducting grease on the ends. (NO not the threads!!) Visially checked the leads, a couple of rub mark where the outer earth stranding had frayed a little, which I taped up. Leads themselves looked sound. Plugged it all back up and started up. WOW...ran like a trooper! Nice familiar 'sewing machine' sound and not a single back fire. Revs nice and smooth throughout the range. Suddenly my mood was lifted and I love this stupid lump of metal again! May thanks for all your tip and suggestions. All I can think was that it was a loose connector/s somewhere in the chain. Amazing that something like that can make such a big difference in performance. Right..I'm off for a spin...
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