Okay (yes ive seen the sticker, just presumed it meant off of a running vehicle which I wouldn't do!)
Okay I'll get searching for a second hand one, first of all ill pull mine off and bench test it to make sure it is toast.
Previous to this I have had multiple fuel problems, ended up getting a second hand carb and rebuilding that as my carburettor body had had it. When this was all going on there was a lot of cranking but no starting or just coughing ( as you can imagine)
I was able to crank the engine over (with my new battery) for say 10-15secs then it would start to slow, so I would leave it for a few minutes and it would crank fast again. I presume this was down to high resistance when the starter/starter positive lead were hot and if this positive lead had been dodgy for a while that wouldn't have been helping. Does that make sense?
Thanks