Tink

[Miniböttcher]

or you new portaloo if you dare to use it

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right charged up the battery that was in the car, thought something was wrong when it started showing fully charged straight away but left it for a few hours anyway

filled up all the fluids

bunged the battery in turned th key and ...................................

absoluteltly nothing, no lights at all no ignition light nothing

went round the car checking i hadn't missed any wiring or something simple. Then cleanrd the major connector and earth.

this time the little green light on the stereo flickered but that it.

so went out and bought a multimeter from halfords (not that i know that much about using them)
started checking the the voltage at the solenoid

a staggering 7 volts

so i checked the battery and yep it was only showing 7 volts banged it on charge for a few more hours and still only sgowing 7 volts

got the battery out of duke which even after sitting for 2 years not being used showed 11volts put that in the car and i had light etc

so took it out and put it on car but it was getting late

at 11pm after about 2hrs the battery had just enough juice to engage the starter with a loud clonk but not enough to turn it at all so foiled for another weekend

but means next weekend charge the battery overnight and fringers crossed

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right swapped to a pre engaged starter and bypassed the piggyback solenoid

and the starter whirred ;D then realised the flywheel wasn't turning still>

sat there looking dumb for a bit and then realised the piggy back solenoid engages the starter to the fly and so can't be bypassed.

after a rewire job and flaffing about to extend te loom plugged it all back in and................NOTHING so thinking the solenoid was dead i did the spanner trick and it turned over flywheel and all ;D

after much confusion realised that the 2 solenoids have opposite connectors

so some more re wiring and it was turning over off the key

but i had no horn lights squirters wipers or stereo

sat there with the 2 solenoid playiong spot the difference till in a pure moment of clarity i realised that the live feed for the ignition on an in ertia solenoid comes off a plate thats attached to the battery permanent live and is seperate on the pre engaged

so added a wire across the 2 and hey presto everything but wipers and stereo so i think they're off a blown fuse and will find that next week

engine now turns over produces spark has petrol but not running yet

so i decided to quit while i was ahead and enjoy the rest of the weekend

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and a good weekend it was too

[maverick]

check the funny man out who has posted aload of crap on the forum!
thats not you trigg!

the guy who has posted aload of links in foreign

[Miniböttcher]

cant someone delete there posts and user as it takes up alot space and room

dopey people,

not sure if they are virus on the links so be carful

dean

[maverick]

yeah i wouldnt click on them Dean as i thought they were probably a virus

[Deleted]

what did i miss?

we had this on my mate miniclub site their just like junk mail

they had to set up different signup systems where you type in numbers and letters hidden in a twisted distort pic

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still waiting for a free weekend to get her running

been told to get a timing light and find top dead centre then set the dizzy

need to find top dead centre on cylinder 1

might need a little help from some friends

[Miniböttcher]

get a hayes manual it will explain how to get tdc and set it up

[Deleted]

couldn't face working on the mini this weekend
felt like death

will have to wait a few weeks now

[Deleted]

well it's been more then a few weeks but cars all running

just waiting on a suspension compresion tool to sort out a rubbing issue

and for the v5 to come back with the new engine registered so we can get her mot'd

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tried to fit new front hilos but th suspension tool stripped it's threads, thinking i over compressed it

now i have one end stuckcone that won't come out

i think i'll have to cut the trumpet out to free it all and fit new cones

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right with much swearing and afew grazed knuckles
tink has new hilos and front suspension

thanks to mr griff for pointing out my worlds stoopidist mistake
left the rubber bump stop on before

with these off it was much easier

also managed to rescue the old tool using a combination of mole grips brute strength and ignorance

just gonna let them settle and re-adjust the height as one side is about 1/2 inch too high and the gap between te wheel and arch looks abit too wide

thought we'd drive her out and roung the bloke to help get her suspension settled but went to start her and only got a ticking for the starter

so battery is out and on charge and i'm praying it's that

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Right she passed the MOT today

woohoo ;D