Hi allLet's back up a step though, pull the plugs back out. Put the car in neutral with the parking brake on. Pull the fan belt to rotate the engine in the normal direction of rotation. Watch for the timing marks (presumably your Mini is late enough that they are on the crank pulley). When the zero degree mark is coming up on the pulley and near the pointer on the timing cover, shine a flashlight in the #1 spark plug hole (nearest the water pump). You should see the top of the piston coming up. Now take the dizzy cap off. Compare the rotor position to the wires on the dizzy cap. The rotor will be pointing at the lug where the #1 cylinder wire goes. Now that you know where #1 is... put the other wires on 1-3-4-2 going counterclockwise from #1.
EDIT: NEVER assume that a new sparkplug is gapped correctly for your engine. Sparkplugs are commercial items used in MANY engines and they can't all require the same specifications. The gap may be correct by coincidence but don't count on it happening.
Ive done the test that dklawson said and after lining the timing mark on the crank pulley and fane belt to make it all line up and found the following.
The dizzy arm is sitting between 1-3 on the dizzy cap with the piston showing in cylinder 4 (in fire order is 2)
So what shall i do now??? Does that seem normal?? If so what is the order on the dizzy cap now??
Please help as ive got it all apart and dont know what im doing!!!!
Johnny