Oh well, I am no longer a Land Rover owner
@doriz popped by and took the old girl away.
We had a lot of fun in the 90 and it will be missed.
Once a tratterer, always a tratterer.We is special..
Once a tratterer, always a tratterer.We is special..
Stone56
Well-Known Member
Well today went a bit bad.
I was really looking fwd to a pootle in the mini but it all went horribly wrong.
Did it want to start? No, not really.
Got it started and made it to the petrol station forecourt and on the pump with only 2 restarts because it kept dying.
Filled it with Shell's finest "motion-lotion". Went to drive off the forecourt and it "died" right on the roadway and stayed dead.
Pushed it onto the pavement put the hazards on locked it up and walked home for tools.
Came back and tried it again and it started. Hacked it up the road to go round the block and head for home.
Died on the first right turn...... Coasted it down the road to a stop in a safe place. Just would not restart. In danger of warping the battery plates and or burning out the starter. Went home for more tools. Came back in the Rangie. I put a voltmeter across the wires to the coil and 0 Volts with ignition on?
Pulled the wires off and tested each side to ground still 0 Volts with ignition on. I thought the coil was meant to have "juice" until the points/solid-state stuff opened and the coil-field collapsed to provide the spark. I gave up, locked it up and came home.
Myself and BIL towed it back home this evening with an illegal 4T AA tow-rope.
It is sat outside on my drive sulking.
I am sat here typing....sulking.
Lots to fix I think. The timing seems Wayyyyyyyyyyy out and I need to go back to basic fault-finding school for a refresher.
I will charge the battery tomorrow and then test the coil with some fly leads to see if it produces a spark. If it does it might mean the electronic dizzy is up the swanee or the timing is so far out it is just not true. Ho-Hum.
See you all tomorrow.
I was really looking fwd to a pootle in the mini but it all went horribly wrong.
Did it want to start? No, not really.
Got it started and made it to the petrol station forecourt and on the pump with only 2 restarts because it kept dying.
Filled it with Shell's finest "motion-lotion". Went to drive off the forecourt and it "died" right on the roadway and stayed dead.
Pushed it onto the pavement put the hazards on locked it up and walked home for tools.
Came back and tried it again and it started. Hacked it up the road to go round the block and head for home.
Died on the first right turn...... Coasted it down the road to a stop in a safe place. Just would not restart. In danger of warping the battery plates and or burning out the starter. Went home for more tools. Came back in the Rangie. I put a voltmeter across the wires to the coil and 0 Volts with ignition on?
Pulled the wires off and tested each side to ground still 0 Volts with ignition on. I thought the coil was meant to have "juice" until the points/solid-state stuff opened and the coil-field collapsed to provide the spark. I gave up, locked it up and came home.
Myself and BIL towed it back home this evening with an illegal 4T AA tow-rope.
It is sat outside on my drive sulking.
I am sat here typing....sulking.
Lots to fix I think. The timing seems Wayyyyyyyyyyy out and I need to go back to basic fault-finding school for a refresher.
I will charge the battery tomorrow and then test the coil with some fly leads to see if it produces a spark. If it does it might mean the electronic dizzy is up the swanee or the timing is so far out it is just not true. Ho-Hum.
See you all tomorrow.
The boy stood on the burning deck his @@@ against the mast .
I bet you know the rest ?
Casablanca.
It being a Mini and equipped with one of Lucas's finest ignition switches I'd be looking from there to the coil and distributor. Timing's unlikely to have shifted.Well today went a bit bad.
I was really looking fwd to a pootle in the mini but it all went horribly wrong.
Did it want to start? No, not really.
Got it started and made it to the petrol station forecourt and on the pump with only 2 restarts because it kept dying.
Filled it with Shell's finest "motion-lotion". Went to drive off the forecourt and it "died" right on the roadway and stayed dead.
Pushed it onto the pavement put the hazards on locked it up and walked home for tools.
Came back and tried it again and it started. Hacked it up the road to go round the block and head for home.
Died on the first right turn...... Coasted it down the road to a stop in a safe place. Just would not restart. In danger of warping the battery plates and or burning out the starter. Went home for more tools. Came back in the Rangie. I put a voltmeter across the wires to the coil and 0 Volts with ignition on?
Pulled the wires off and tested each side to ground still 0 Volts with ignition on. I thought the coil was meant to have "juice" until the points/solid-state stuff opened and the coil-field collapsed to provide the spark. I gave up, locked it up and came home.
Myself and BIL towed it back home this evening with an illegal 4T AA tow-rope.
It is sat outside on my drive sulking.
I am sat here typing....sulking.
Lots to fix I think. The timing seems Wayyyyyyyyyyy out and I need to go back to basic fault-finding school for a refresher.
I will charge the battery tomorrow and then test the coil with some fly leads to see if it produces a spark. If it does it might mean the electronic dizzy is up the swanee or the timing is so far out it is just not true. Ho-Hum.
See you all tomorrow.
Feeling a bit rubbish today.
Woke up wiv an edache.
Feeling woozy.
Lickle bit of a tight chest.
Very slightly bunged up schnoz.
Glands under chin swollen (although I have that very often for some reason).
Shame as a bit to do before S-i-L can come around and help me fit a stoopidly heavy worktop.
Hey Ho!
A few peeps I know have had some sort of flu/cold for 3 or 4 weeks now.
A wee hot toddy will sort you out.Hope your feeling better tomorrow.
Don't worry, we'll still talk to you.Oh well, I am no longer a Land Rover owner
@doriz popped by and took the old girl away.
We had a lot of fun in the 90 and it will be missed.
Unless you go and buy an Eeejoke of course!!!
And this was à propos of quoi? Mon petit chou? Effete, Moi? Don't think so!!The wife said I am a effete nowall age related I said !!!
If it ran before there is no reason to think that the timing has slipped. Did you see/hear it running?Well today went a bit bad.
I was really looking fwd to a pootle in the mini but it all went horribly wrong.
Did it want to start? No, not really.
Got it started and made it to the petrol station forecourt and on the pump with only 2 restarts because it kept dying.
Filled it with Shell's finest "motion-lotion". Went to drive off the forecourt and it "died" right on the roadway and stayed dead.
Pushed it onto the pavement put the hazards on locked it up and walked home for tools.
Came back and tried it again and it started. Hacked it up the road to go round the block and head for home.
Died on the first right turn...... Coasted it down the road to a stop in a safe place. Just would not restart. In danger of warping the battery plates and or burning out the starter. Went home for more tools. Came back in the Rangie. I put a voltmeter across the wires to the coil and 0 Volts with ignition on?
Pulled the wires off and tested each side to ground still 0 Volts with ignition on. I thought the coil was meant to have "juice" until the points/solid-state stuff opened and the coil-field collapsed to provide the spark. I gave up, locked it up and came home.
Myself and BIL towed it back home this evening with an illegal 4T AA tow-rope.
It is sat outside on my drive sulking.
I am sat here typing....sulking.
Lots to fix I think. The timing seems Wayyyyyyyyyyy out and I need to go back to basic fault-finding school for a refresher.
I will charge the battery tomorrow and then test the coil with some fly leads to see if it produces a spark. If it does it might mean the electronic dizzy is up the swanee or the timing is so far out it is just not true. Ho-Hum.
See you all tomorrow.
If you have electronic ignition it could be the electronic module thing that sits on the side of the dizzy whose name escapes me. That happened to me in my last Mini. First it ran like a sick dog then needed me to push it home.
Don't panic Capn Mainwaring! You'll sort it.
Do you have a decent strobe timing light?
To test a coil you need to test the primary winding with an ohmmeter i.e. the two small connections, should be somewhere between 0.4 and 2 ohms, then test the secondary winding, across one of the smaller connections and the one where the king lead goes, i.e. the big mother in the middle, that should show somewhere between 6k and 10k ohms.
You'll know how to test for a spark, so do that.
It could still be fuel related, i.e anything from a leaky hose, through a dodgy pump, to muck in the carb and or jet.
did you try to start/run it with the choke pulled right out?
Best of luck mate. You must be feeling sick as a dog and angry too! I would be!.
Aye, a wee hot sweetie, that'll do me!!!A few peeps I know have had some sort of flu/cold for 3 or 4 weeks now.
Hope your feeling better tomorrow.
Any excuse!
Ta for the kind thoughts!
I don't feel too bad as long as I don't try to do anything much!
See how I go on tomoz!
+1 see above!
