can someone please post me a good pic of leads coming out of the distributor and which cylinders they lead to.

much appreciated.

Starting at 2 o'clock on the dizzy & going anticlockwise
1-3-4-2
with 1 being the radiator end.

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Too many cars, and too little time.

That is of course if the distributor is in the "right" spot.

And if it is not in the right spot don't, what ever you do, don't try to remove the distributor drive and drop it into the sump.

That made me throw tools everywhere

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Master of the Moggie Army & Founder of Awesomestock2010

unless you screw a long 5/16 unf bolt in first

Magnet on telescopic rob works a treat .

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1970 Mini Deluxe - 1275, Weber, Clive 346 cam, MS 4-pot slotted discs, Megajolt ignition Now with new improved Mambas... almost on the road
1966 Van with Traveller rear seat conversion
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All in various states of repair...

There is no real need to remove it if it has been fitted wrong.
Just stick the leads where they need to be and not where they are supposed to be and it will all work perfectly.

A couple of yers back i wrote a very long treatise on how to set up the timing on a mini. It was from the distributor drive, getting top dead center, aligning the distributor and the n positioning the leads.

I dont have the band width (flakey satellite internet) to search for it but if someone else can it may help here. It certainly mentions the ways to avoid dropping the drive into the sump.

Mike