Here's my story.

Well anyways, I headed off down to torquay in my van for a surf cause it was such a great day. 1/2 way down, I noticed that going up slight hills, it started missing ever so slightly. I got there fine.

Started it up ready to head home, started missing more. Wasn't overly bad, so started heading home. It would ping and miss getting upto speed, but it would still sit at 60mph (on the flat or down hill). It made it home.

Well I decided to go out later on, well it was real bad. Managed to get it around the block and back into my drive.

This is when I started to fix the problem.

First thing I do when something like this happens is trouble shoot the ignition. I find it's the easyest and usually the most common problem to fix. I've had a set of new Bosch plugs sitting here for a while, so they went in. At the same time, I took the dizzy cover off and cleaned up the rotor cap and checked points gap. I also flogged the leads off the moke and wacked them in (Moke doesn't need them, it isn't registered!).

Started it up. Problem is still there. BUM!

So i'm thinking i'll put a new set of points in (I have a new set laying round) and new condensor tomorrow.

I continued on to check stuff. I did the trick of pulling a lead off each plug, one at a time. Obviously, if the engine runs rougher when ya take a lead off, then it isn't that cylinder. I started at no.4, that was the prob, then take no.3 off the plug, the lead fell off in my hand! Funnily enough, the engine continued to run exactally how it had been. Well I put the lead back on, fired it up, BROOM! Fine.

So the problem is the leads and dizzy cap I recon. Loose connections on no.3 on the dizzy cap. It's running fine, and will have to do until I get around to ordering a new dizzy cap (unless supercheap stock them, bahaha I think not!). I will also pick up 5 new bosch leads.

Theres my story. God I hope ya didn't bother reading it all!!

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I bothered reading it Pooee... the first thing I ever do when I've got an ignition problem is do the lead pull test, cos I'm a lazy bastard and do the easiest thing I can think of

i want my 3 minutes back! lol.. i had the same problem.. my cap was nakered..

thx for the ahhh, tip

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GTi Turbo'd mini, abused daily

i read the first and last lines.....

Poeee,
FWIW, I have bought Mini dizzy caps (for a 45D) from SuperCrap.
Have a look when you grab the leads.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Yes, I should of done that first. It's the first thing my father does.

I had new plugs to put in, so I spose all wasn't lost. Leads where the original type, so possibly the ones that the car was sold new with! So they needed changing.

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OMG - original equipment!! jeepers, you can't change those, maybe you could run a drill down the centre of them and open them up run some new HT material through them (I'm kidding OK!!)

My Cooper S has one of the original dunlop SP41's in the boot as the spare - it's shagged, but it's original

They must last and last! Both 1970 Mini's i've had have had em! Obviously the ones on my van only lasted 34 years! U know the ones with the numbers on the plug ends?

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