Good news, Gene.
When I looked at your Reilly thread (rope/cable?) I was getting the [?] instead of pictures but hopefully that is local to me.
Check gas first is sound advice.
I know you are a Francophile but I hope you won’t mind this story.
My father’s Triumph Renown broke down in the South of France. The local mechanic who clearly regarded us as “bete Anglais” scornfully told us our problem was “Pas d’essence!”.
To demonstrate he whipped off the carburettor end of the petrol feed tube and sucked hard on it.
I still treasure the look on his face as he sucked in whatever was causing the blockage, and a good deal of petrol with it.
To be fair, he had fixed the problem and the car ran perfectly thereafter.
I don’t think he was an Anglophile before, certainly not after.
