so drove slowbo back from dover last sunday with no prolems
got in car today and no start ,its been sat in the rain all week

it turns over ,battery is ok and has charge
have put new spark plugs in
taken out ht leads and swapped round
fuel is ok

starter motor dont sound to good

help

First and easiest thing to do is check or perhaps charge the battery I would have thought. It may have enough cahrge to turn the engine but the voltage can drop and you don't get a good spark. If the battery responds to an overnight charge then perhaps a problem with the alternator or regulator.
Then move on to the starter motor.
Don

Basically what Vosper said, plus points may be worth checking, plug gaps (even if they're new plugs) coil and the wire connections to the coil, and as above battery and starter would be next places to look. Good luck getting it going. A jump start can sometimes make all the difference if you just need to get going that once.

Although isn't it obvious what the real problem is? - jealousy after your dirty weekend with those sexy 4x4s

Coil?

Try changing the coil for one of Roy's yellow coils. Not cheap but pretty much all of the 4x4s use them and they start in all conditions.

spot on mark ,it was the coil ! but it was a yellow coil
now running with a old skool coil

going to get some new ht leads and try the yellow coil to see if it still works ,think the ht leads r shaged

cheers all

Keep us informed with your progress. I have Daffy Duck on a yellow coil with 123/EVO. It was put into the garage mid November 2008. I have only recently used it once or twice. It has been hard to start, but I put that down to old unleaded fuel, which seems to have the same flammability as water. Once it gets going it is OK, so I am just running down the fuel tank before putting in new petrol. As this is a Raid car, it gets hammered for a few months and then sits around for a long time.

The other 2CV has just had a yellow coil added. Started it yesterday. It uses Luminition ignition. I just got sick of the standard coils heating up and stopping. There were 2 spares in the boot, and I could effect a switch to another coil within the cycle of the traffic lights. Just left the spare coil lying on the shroud behind the original coil.

If the yellow (Harley) coils are no good with the 602 engine, maybe I'll add a Harley engine, give the car a bit of grunt and a mean exhaust note.

Daffy duck

got some new ht leads from www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu
car is now running ok and back running on Harley coil

think the old ht leads had just died ,they where about 3 years old

thats a good website oboe, cheers for the link