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hi, i was wondering if any1 could tell me where i can get a sheild from for my distributor? or can give me any help advice with this, basically when it rains my mini is juddering and cutting out, ive sealed the cosworth vents now and they are not letting water through. ive even put grease round the outside of the distributor as a friend recomended but its till giving me problems and im fed up of braking down now.
please help
thanx
mark

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ebay dude. or just make one yourself, even a carrier bag will do.

I've just sold one for ?18 on ebay.......someone got a bargain

Metro turbo weekend driver,Mini turbo in the making again!

I just used a bit of plasic an old 4 litre oil carton will do cut out a bit around 6 inch by 6 inch and tiy it to the front grill with a few cable ties it worked for me.

Just like blue peter

Edited by AllanMcD on 1st Mar, 2005.

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1.get a small latex glove,
2.cut some holes in the end of each of the fingers,
3.feed through each of the HT leads through them and seal with cable ties
4. fit over distributor
5. go play in the rain

i tried the glove technique with mine, worked for a bit but it gets sweaty in there eventually and makes matters worse. mines a right c**t for misfiring in the wet, all you have to do is spit near the dizzy and it fooks up.

Edited by AlexF2003 on 2nd Mar, 2005.

bugger that's where i went wrong!

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bitch to change gear , with your right hand holding the dizzy

Everyone knows that instructions only have to be read if the thing doesn't work....

THe golve method was apperently used by the rally teams on the monte back in the day!!

If your leads, cap, arm and coil are all NEW then you dont need a sheild!!!!!! On road or track none of my minis have the sheilds and work fine all year round!

I dont fit the sheilds because I take them off for a service and never remember to put them back on!!

ALex

AlexF

lol - i have never had a shield to begin with. So im inclind to agree with alex, if your componets are in good condition it will be fine.

try just a piece of foil over the grill infont of the dizzy that should do the trick, it will look a bit of a pig but who cares this time of year.

but alex is right if you have all new gear then it should nt be 2 much of a problem, but there is only so much water and damp the electrics will keep out.

always looking for them bigger bunches of bannanas

rite cheers lads, ill buy a new dizzy then as my leads and coil are in perfect condition. ive tryed the glvoe method for time bring and also covered it with a few plastic bags so will see how it goes next time it rains

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have just spoke to a friend who said he will make me a sheild for the dizzy for free, could any1 tell me the measurements of a sheild please.

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as big as it needs to be to cover everything up.... depends on your layout, a big bit of sheet rubber would do the trick, cut it with scissors then.

Are you still running points ? I've never had a problem in the wet ever, with electronic ignition. The standard one or the aldon system have both proved reliable.

Phil.

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Points as phil pointed out will not like the wet, metro electronic stuff works for me without the aid of rubber gloves and shields etc.

what do you mean by points mate?
sorry im not massively mechanical minded

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well take up knitting then!

Is your distributor fitted with points ? or is it electronic ignition ?

Phil.

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Gialloflay it looks to me that you do have a cover over your distributor in the way off an intercooler ( or oil cooler )

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Well spotted hagis eater!

It's the intercooler but it is hardly waterproofing is it?? Lets face it are are design to have air running from them so water also gets through.

On the occasonal time i steam clean the engine/ignition never suffers from water ingress, i've used points before and they suffer badly from this.

Edited by giallofly on 4th Mar, 2005.

Good point...

I've never run points... they are a poor archaic system that was replaced in the 80s by BL themselves!!!

Alex

AlexF

Here you go Lanxter...

Points..clockwork ignition..

http://www.mgcars.org.uk/electrical/distributor.html

ive never suffered on std metty stuff either.

Im near you lanxter and im 99% sure ive got one. im about 35miles from meadowhall if that helps. ?5 and its yours