Thanks for all your help guys.
The tank looks like it's a gonner. Fortunately the hole is in the top so until I head off into the great unknown it will do. I guess I will just have to bite the bullet and get a new one when the time comes.
As for the ignition. After being nearly suicidal with testing the electrics, I eventually tracked it down to not one but two wires broken inside their casing. These made perfect contact until there was any vibration, i.e. engine running or starting. A couple of temporary repairs just to make sure this is the cause and I am away and running.
Just got the kick start to sort now, which seems to get the timing of the decompression valve all wrong. I'll just stick with the electric for the moment.
Thanks again
George
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