Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
Confirms my earlier diagnosis. It's running weak. Check first for air
leaks anywhere in intake system and engine breathers. Only then check carb.

Do you mean "lean?" That would be the terminology used in the States.
How do you account for the high intake manifold vacuum and the steady
needle on the vacuum gauge?

I posed the novella about my car at the Usenet group rec.autos.tech.

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...efb17c8d47e636

or
http://tinyurl.com/lvb9n

Thanks again to everyone.