It is strange!

To confirm - you have a good spark at each plug and plugs are getting wet when you're cranking the engine over. That would suggest fuelling and ignition is OK.

It would suggest a timing issue? Can you get a rough idea of timing using the crank pulley timing marks? Static timing should give it enough to get it to start.

I wonder if it might be a problem with the dizzy shaft? Maybe the worm drive has sheared a tooth and she's skipped a few degrees.


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