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Post by huwjenks on Jun 26, 2009 0:09:25 GMT 1
Well after a month of not owning a Mini I finally got around to getting another one, and not before time! I picked it up in Treforest yesterday and managed to get it to Llantrisant even though the needle, mix and idle weren't right. So I could check the mix with the Colortune I took out a plug and on of the leads.. And suddenly noticed the plug leads weren't in the right order. I thought all A series engines fired 1-3-4-2 (anticlockwise). Anyway, this morning I still couldn't get the right order so had to call the AA out. The guy agreed with me that we had the right firing order and we checked all ignition, all electrics, all fuel and everything. Just as we were about to give up I changed the wires around to 1-2-4-3 and it fired up! Neither of us could understand it...
After changing the fan belt and setting the idle (but couldn't get at the mixture screw!) I set off home and got to Builth before there was smoke coming from the engine bay. I could see something was dripping onto the manifold (I thought it was fuel out of the carb) but kept on going to find somewhere to check it in Rhaeder. Turned out it was oil leaking out of the pressure guage pipe. I cut the pipe and put a bolt in, and went to set out onto the road again. I pressed the brake pedal and nothing happened, just straight ahead onto the road.. luckily I jammed on the handbrake just intime, which held on the last click.
So once again the AA were called and I spent the last 30 miles home in a recover truck... Oh how I have missed the joys of Mini ownership..
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Post by huwjenks on Jun 26, 2009 0:10:45 GMT 1
Oh, and one of my wheel arches fell off somewhere around Erwood...
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Post by boycie101 on Jun 26, 2009 0:19:36 GMT 1
sounds like my type of luck  where in treforest did you buy it as know there were 2 up in wood road. i was a treforest boy untill all the students done my head in lol |
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Post by taffy1967 on Jun 26, 2009 0:19:58 GMT 1
Glad you're Mini-ing again, but Treforest is a local place for local people and there's nothing for you there.  So it's lucky you were able to leave. ;D Oh and this is the correct firing order: -   |
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Post by huwjenks on Jun 26, 2009 0:34:02 GMT 1
sounds like my type of luck where in treforest did you buy it as know there were 2 up in wood road. i was a treforest boy untill all the students done my head in lol I bought it on Ebay, the guy selling was in Rhydfelin. He bought the Mini a few years ago and sorted it out for his wife but she never used it! |
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Post by taffy1967 on Jun 26, 2009 0:36:04 GMT 1
sounds like my type of luck where in treforest did you buy it as know there were 2 up in wood road. i was a treforest boy untill all the students done my head in lol I bought it on Ebay, the guy selling was in Rhydfelin. He bought the Mini a few years ago and sorted it out for his wife but she never used it! I dunno, women and just what can you do with them apart from chaining them to the kitchen sink?   ;D |
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Post by huwjenks on Jun 26, 2009 0:36:27 GMT 1
Glad you're Mini-ing again, but Treforest is a local place for local people and there's nothing for you there. So it's lucky you were able to leave. ;D Oh and this is the correct firing order: - That is exactly the order me and the AA man (and his computer) said! But the Mini seemed not to agree... :S |
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Post by taffy1967 on Jun 26, 2009 0:37:45 GMT 1
Well it's possible that the dizzy is turned (advanced?) differently or something? |
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Post by irish on Jun 26, 2009 4:47:57 GMT 1
first of all, congrats for buying a mini  good choice, it looks like you have a wee bit of a problem on your hands  thats minis for you tho, lol, good luck with it, and keep us posted, ;D |
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Post by irish on Jun 26, 2009 5:21:48 GMT 1
I bought it on Ebay, the guy selling was in Rhydfelin. He bought the Mini a few years ago and sorted it out for his wife but she never used it! I dunno, women and just what can you do with them apart from chaining them to the kitchen sink? ;D yeah i bought my ex (marie) a flame red, she never even applied for her provisional licence, it just sat there for 14 months, or ricky borrowed it, when i sold it she lost the plot! dont chain them to the kitchen sink taffy, or they cant hoover or polish then mate! |
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Post by gar1380 on Jun 26, 2009 14:33:16 GMT 1
i think you mite find that the dizzy is out 180 if it started on 1.2.4.3 give that a try
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Post by huwjenks on Jun 26, 2009 15:51:08 GMT 1
That would mean it's only firing on two cylinders right? Which would explain why I had a top speed of 50mph, which I had previously put down to mixture and needle. I did think of that yesterday but discounted it as the lead for No.1 would not reach from the opposite side of the dizzy (where 4 is on the above diagram). Also, if I turned the dizzy upside down, the vacuum lead wouldn't reach.
Now I'm thinking, if I take the dizzy out, twist the end of the shaft by 180, that could be the solution.. Is this making sense or am I being dull?
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Post by gar1380 on Jul 5, 2009 9:55:44 GMT 1
yes take dizzy out and turn 180, failing that and quite possibly overlooked, are your leads in good order, mite be worth buying or borrowing a set to try
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Post by dai9fxey on Jul 5, 2009 12:50:48 GMT 1
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Post by huwjenks on Jul 8, 2009 18:53:42 GMT 1
Update - It works! I took the dizzy out and tried to put it back in with the shaft turned 180, but this doesn't work because the shaft isn't symmetrical! So, I turned the engine one turn and put the dizzy in (with leads in the correct order) and it jumped into life!
I should really put a thread in the Users Minis section, as since then I've had countless more problems that would make interesting reading...
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Post by dai9fxey on Jul 8, 2009 21:20:38 GMT 1
Glad to hear you've got your Mini up and running. By all means post a thread about your other "problems". Any info like that is useful for all the members. |
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good choice,
thats minis for you tho, lol,
