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rehab1964

Post subject: Gotta love an "old school" mechanic

Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:55 am

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I took Ms Plum down to the local tin shed mechanic as she was almost impossible to drive, for some time she had had no power at all under around 3k rpm and coughed and spluttered like the b*^#h she is.

They traced the main problem back to the points which they said were the wrong set for the dissy as they were unable to open or close.

For some reason they couldn't get a new set from Burson's or Repco etc so they removed the old set, ground off part of the base and enlongated the adjustment hole so they could set a points gap - guess what?? she works! I took her for a nice long spin yesterday with no problems at all, possibly the best she's ever driven.

Very pleased, now just the diff so I'm not getting wheel spin on every change..........

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BBY755

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Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:05 am

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Wish there were more of them around........

If you own a classic mini, you are, in a sense, one of them to a certain degree!

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Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 8:45 pm

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I guess thats a sign to get rid of the points and throw a Petronix kit into it!

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rehab1964

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Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:08 am

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Hanra wrote:

I guess thats a sign to get rid of the points and throw a Petronix kit into it!

nah, the baling wire and lump of wood he stuck in it should be good for another 25,000 miles I reckon

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dodge

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Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:59 am

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did he set the gap with a credit card?

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rehab1964

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Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 11:17 am

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dodge wrote:

did he set the gap with a credit card?

yeah mine Dodge - like they usually do

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MG Rocket

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Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 1:47 pm

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dodge wrote:

did he set the gap with a credit card?

And set the timing position with a cigarette paper? Like my dad would
do when he working out in the scrub.

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Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 12:02 am

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MG Rocket wrote:

dodge wrote:

did he set the gap with a credit card?

And set the timing position with a cigarette paper? Like my dad would
do when he working out in the scrub.

There's reference to this in an old Norton maintenance book I flicked through once. :lol:

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850man

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Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 6:22 pm

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Are you sure it had the wrong set of points in it? If it has a resistive coil fitted the point gap will go away and there will be no adjustment left. Check the coil to make sur it doesnt have "use with resistor" on it.

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drmini in aust

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Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 7:18 pm

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850man wrote:

Are you sure it had the wrong set of points in it? If it has a resistive coil fitted the point gap will go away and there will be no adjustment left. Check the coil to make sure it doesn't have "use with resistor" on it.

If it does, just go down the road to Supercrap/autorice etc and buy a ballast resistor. Cheaper than another coil... :wink:

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rehab1964

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Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 8:24 pm

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850man wrote:

no idea David, what I do know is the car is now running the best it ever has

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simon k

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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 11:51 am

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rehab1964 wrote:

850man wrote:

no idea David, what I do know is the car is now running the best it ever has

yay

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BBY755

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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 2:41 pm

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Oh yeah,

If it ain't broke, don't touch it!

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rehab1964

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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 5:04 pm

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just the diff to sort out now

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dodge

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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 5:49 pm

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bananna skins, saw dust LOL maybe not in a mini

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