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miniswordsman

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26th Sep, 2009 at 04:56:53pm

Okay all, here's my problem. I have replaced a large number of parts on my mini, to include: head, clutch cover, clutch arm, clevis pins, slave cylinder, and intake(I have cut off the old intake and put in a minispares aluminum one). Now I have got it all back together and the car will not run. Rather, it ran for about 5 minutes while I was figuring out mixture etc... After shutting off now the car will not turn over. Now, there are two problems, the wire that goes from the coil to the dizzy broke, and I am now using a longer one from a different car, and the coil is all of a sudden getting extremely hot. Is it possible that the coil dumped on me, or that the wire is too long, or both? Is it possible it's something else? There was fuel coming out of the overflow, and after playing with the mixture for a while there is no longer. Also, it's a 1978 Mini 850(with the 850 still in it).

Thanks for the help!

-James

Kean

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26th Sep, 2009 at 06:37:42pm

What colour is the wire that you have fitted from the other car? It could be that you have got a resistive wire from a more modern car. This might cause the coil to heat up.

However it shouldn't stop you from being able to turn it over. Does the solenoid click at all?


MONSTER HEDGEHOG

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26th Sep, 2009 at 10:40:49pm

id see if you can turn the engine over by hand of pushing the car in gear, if you cant then either you tightened a slave cylinder bolt after the car was running and its to long, you have a stuck starter or you forgot to put oil in :$



On 15th Dec, 2009 fastcarl said:
sell the lot to me for £70 pounds and i'll let you stand on the outside edge and look on my inner circle of closest frinds, lol


carl




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miniswordsman

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27th Sep, 2009 at 06:07:15am

Okay, thanks for the replies.
Weird thing though, and maybe that's just mini's for you, but I think she was mad at me. I tried to start her for about an hour and a half, playing with this, tinkering with that, no go. This morning I wake up refreshed, feeling rather sour about the turn of things and think, "what the hell, I'll give it a try." I go downstairs and hop in, turn the key, a little gas and vroom vroom goes the car. After a little idle adjustment and mixture play, she purrs right sweet. Was she angry or am I senile?

Jason G

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27th Sep, 2009 at 09:19:26am

Engined not earthed properly or solenoid.

On 19th Jan, 2010 wil_h said:
I would start the furthest place from the finish.


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I feel all special knowing that I've given your mum my wood.


Been neglecting Turbo'd 'A' series..............

Anton

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27th Sep, 2009 at 10:09:00am

Flooded?

miniswordsman

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28th Sep, 2009 at 03:09:28pm

I'm going with flooded. She starts fine now, no fuel spillage or anything.

-James
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