nuts yeah i was gonna grab another accumilator at the same time...

however even if i prime the pump a good few times before attempting to start it still wont catch till the 2nd time round (which used to work on my old 2.9 with a leaky Pressure Reg)

also im pretty sure the fuel dizzy and/or metering head are playing up so gotta swap them too...

but thats a seperate issue for a whole new thread