steveo89
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Post by steveo89 on Jan 18, 2010 18:38:21 GMT
 Hey guys................... Generally hating my mini at the moment, had a few electrical gremlins with the leccy on the sprite over the winter and am now just for the sake of it replacing the coil,cap,rotor arm,ht leads and plugs along with its service BUT it seems like I've got half an SPI wiring loom and I can't for the life of me figure out which coil I need. Loads of conflicting views whether it should be ballast or not! I've got sources saying the Lucas sport coil DLB 105 is suitable for pre '84 minis then mini sport (as if I would trust them) saying its cool for pre '96 cars!>!>!>!> Then there's the lucas DLB 101 which says is for all minis ballasted from '82-'96! mine is just a 1275cc carbed!!! I AM SOOOOO CONFUSED !!! HELP
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Post by delly on Jan 18, 2010 18:44:43 GMT
lucus sports coil i,d say ;D ;D ;D ;D delly |
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Post by joski on Jan 18, 2010 19:47:58 GMT
Hi, Recommendation would be to give Caffyns (Hailsham) a call as they were rover dealers & still supply parts. All you need to give is your registration number.  They should be able to give you the original part number for it & you can either buy it off them or cross reference the part number & find it else where. Best just to get from them though, then you cant go wrong. ;D The number is 01323 845666 (Caffyns at Hailsham) Good luck. (PS: Rach - I've now become a knowledgable mechanic over night!!  ) |
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Post by Rachel on Jan 18, 2010 20:13:39 GMT
(PS: Rach - I've now become a knowledgable mechanic over night!! ) Wow I am impressed ;D ;D ;D However did you manage it in just one night? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2010 20:53:16 GMT
What coil have you got on car now?
You should be able to tell if its got ballest or not.Would think your year IS ballest.
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steveo89
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Post by steveo89 on Jan 18, 2010 21:04:23 GMT
;D Thank you everyone and thank you joski!!! |Gonna get on to caffyns wednesday probs, got a land law exam tomorrow! Errrrmm how would i tell exactly toejo?  I can't see anything obvious which would point it out. Is there something on a ballast type that i could see? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2010 21:09:44 GMT
They both look the same from outside.
I was meaning if you got the make and no off coil any car shop should be able to tell you if its ballest or not.
Or you could test it with multiemeter.
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steveo89
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Post by steveo89 on Jan 18, 2010 21:32:52 GMT
Yeah i'll have a gander wednesday, whip it off and see if theres a serial number or anything off it!
The thing thats most confusing though is just how much variance there is in what year mini different mini shops are saying one specific coil is for!!?! had about a 15 year range of cars, which is a problem for me because my min's from a nice random time when rover felt like using my cars wiring loom/electrics as a guinea pig for the SPi!
Super awesome lol ;D
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Post by MiniGT5 on Jan 19, 2010 7:47:54 GMT
It should be ballested... I think on later cars 1990 onwards they have a gold (heatsink finned) resister behind the radiator just below the front subframe tower mount.
Hope that helps
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2010 18:23:06 GMT
normaly a balast coil is black, check the wiring if there is a pink wire on the coil it's balast
good luck
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steveo89
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Post by steveo89 on Feb 12, 2010 18:30:23 GMT
Thanks for all of your help guys!
The coil was ballasted, I had a duciellier coil in there to start off with. I ordered the correct replacement from minispares.
Thanks again!
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Hey guys...................
I can't see anything obvious which would point it out. Is there something on a ballast type that i could see? 