Hey guys, Instead of guessing at the fault or asking other poeple who know exactly as much as you do about Auto Electrics why don't you find an Honest Auto Electrician and ask for his openion. Sometimes it is cheaper than guessing what the fault could be. I know there is great distances between these Honest Auto sparkies but "we" do exist. Don't go to a young one they would not have a clue or don't give a Rat's about Minis. If you are in Brisbane give me a call. I am sure I can help. Good luck and when you do find an honest rapirer please let everyone know.
Cheers.

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DID I MENTION THAT I AM THE BEST SUPPLIER FOR MINI ELECTRICAL PARTS AND REPAIRS?
"Let us remove your "SHORTS"

That pretty generous! Im sure a lot of people will be able to use ur service...!



I know that at least 2 people that responded to this post do know a thing or two about automotive electrics, or electronics in general.

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http://www.youtube.com/user/Hanras

Okay - I accept responsibility for some of the things I said. I should not have made comment on the cost of reco'ing an alternator and I should have pointed 1360LS towards qualified and respected tradesmen.

I acted through and wrote through my own eyes where daily the availabilty of the dollar is a struggle.

Sorry leckies. (sincerely)

Yeah why try and fix things yourself when for as little as 100 dollars an hour you can have an autospark replace a 15 dollar set of brushes.

Sheesh.

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All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

zack juz so u know i got charged $120 to reco the alternator on tiny and it still hasnt fixed the problem, get everything checked out first dude

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oil leak?..what oil leak..that puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower

How come u couldnt get tradeies mates rates?

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Well I had a electrically and mechcanically minded person look at this and I know my way around auto electronics. Armed with a trusty multimetre plus solid advice from a mate at one of biggest Aussie battery suppliers, it wasn't hard to realise where the problem was, that being the alternator.

If not I've got a new battery and bosch Alternator

Nothing wrong with having a new power source/charging device for an old car. Makes it that bit more reliable.

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Good news story now..
Should now read"Happy Day for a LS"

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Yes ...Yes it should

ok update time.....

My new bosch 75 Amp ALtenator arrived today so on the weekend off comes the lucas to be put in storage for later on and new one goes in. I'm so excited I've never done this kinda thing before but dad has so beteen us should be fairly simple plus I have various books to confirm installation details with.

IM EXCITED

sorry to jump in late, i had a sparky do my alternator, it was a standard n14 bosh alternator, when it died, the sparky put it VL commonwhore internals which bumped the output to 90amps. cost, including parts and labour was $110.

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Good and bad news ..... altenator fitted I was mistaken its actually 75amp job from minisport so I don't know what actual brand name it is. Bad news is it's still got the altenator light on so off to the auto electric my baby goes. I hope she's not too badly hurt.

I have an N15 pulsar one on my car cost 70 bucks, is rated at 70amp, fitted with some persuasion, and a new pulley made next time I'd get the N14 as it has a V-belt on it already I think.

PS I get no alternator light it doesn't work the same as a mini. BUt I have a voltmetre anyways.

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T

zack dude i have the sameeeee problem, only i found i have a bad earth somewhere, the alternator is charging but its not getting back to the battery? so i dont know ive managed to rewire it sorta lol and got it charging again for a while till i can go through the wiring

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oil leak?..what oil leak..that puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower