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[chris1988]

Hi everyone not been on here alot but always have a look through, I have a few problems with my 1988 mini mayfair, Rebuilt my mini but now I am having trouble starting her when you turn the key she coughs and splutters most of the time she wont start and she makes some really horrible noises.

It sounds like the starter motor is still in place which is stopping the engine starting but i have checked and this is not the case.

Been throughg the whole engine check everything but still no joy, been in the haynes manule front to back but that hasnt helped!!! any ideas guys would be great many thanks

[jakejakejake1]

Are the ht leads in the correct order, which should be 1-3-4-2 i believe, anticlockwise around the dizzy.

[chris1988]

Are the ht leads in the correct order, which should be 1-3-4-2 i believe, anticlockwise around the dizzy.

Yep these are in the right order lol checked it about 3 times

[jakejakejake1]

Have you tried pouring a small amount of fuel in the intake to rule out fuel problems?

[chris1988]

Have you tried pouring a small amount of fuel in the intake to rule out fuel problems?

yep tried that aswell lol

[Shifty]

Have you put the dizzy drive back in the correct position?

[SA MINI]

did you rebuild the engine aswell ?

[paul748]

check the engine earth strap, a lot of people get to this after checking everything else, if it's a bad connection it causes all sorts of faults.

[chris1988]

Have you put the dizzy drive back in the correct position?

Yep that went back in the correct position lol

[chris1988]

did you rebuild the engine aswell ?

No just took it out cleaned it up and put it back in, It ran before (if a little rough) we took it out

[chris1988]

check the engine earth strap, a lot of people get to this after checking everything else, if it's a bad connection it causes all sorts of faults.

I replaced it with a new one plus also ran a second one in just to be on the safe side, also redid and check all of the earthing points

[chris1988]

When I put it back in I replaced most of the electric parts

New earth straps
New starter solenoid
New coil
New spark plugs ( correct gap)
New leads
New battery cable from the battery to the starter solnoid
All new connections
New fuse box plus fuses
All earthing points cleaned and checked

[chris1988]

Any way here is a picture of how she is at the moment

Edited by chris1988, 18 May 2012 - 08:52 AM.

[chris1988]

Any one got any ideas?

[Carlos W]

Did you get the right type of coild for the car?

Ballast or non-ballast