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[minimuk]

good look mate, hope you get it sorted

Cheers Street Tweaks, get there in the end

looking good. and hope you get the engine problem sorted

Hi, 2-alex-2,
found a few wires tonight not isolated behind the gauges of the dash, hope those are the cause,... will testdrive it tmr.


Just want to get this mess sorted, put him asside and get on with impatiently waiting Evy

[feeenix14]

looks good. lets hope that solves the problem

[minimuk]

looks good. lets hope that solves the problem

Cheers Feenix14,
allas the efford and having yet eliminated another possibility, outcome still the same, even after taking fuses out 1by1.
good thing about that is that those units could not be the cause, now in my eyes it is a loom isseue, summit melted toghether and shorting under load.

To be contineued

[minimuk]

good day today, managed to get someting done today, changed the condensor, still no change, so from the electrical side I was confident enough that all was good.

Carb next, although I had done a few vacuum leak test's, it was time to take the SU4 of and give it a once over again, all cleaned and jet pipe and hose blown through, re-assembled and then there was the.....butterfly spindle.......although it looked alright, when opening the B'fly there was far to much play on the spindle, put this carb asside and made an SU4 out of 3 carbs, new gaskets and bits ready for a test, fired the engine up and at start still a bit rough but as black smoke came out of the exhaust I thought that might have been the carbon build up from a faulty carb. took him for a run and all is great.

So I missed Bingley beacause of a worn spindle and two weeks mind bothering/frustration, but got there in the end. This whole episode had all the symptoms of a faulty Coil,or a faulthy Dizzy but I know now with help from a patience Mr DKLawson what to look for and how to measure electrics to chase possinbilities Faults, and in the end it was the carb spindle worn (but not picked up by vacuum test). so one more lesson learned on a mini's engine little teasers.

God bless the Mini's

[grahama]

What's a vacum test Muk?? Just wondering as when mine is finally on the road I'm sure I will need all the info I can get, lol !!

Graham

[Shifty]

So thats why I missed finally meeting you at Malvern then!!

[minimuk]

So thats why I missed finally meeting you at Malvern then!!

Don't,...I am still rather p...d of about missing Bingley, 3 month looking forward to that,..... all that because of a spindle, will defiantely meet up on the next one, let me know when and where,.....worse thing is I did do a vacuum/leak test a few times and not happened near that spindle,.... Still the good thing out af all this know how a dizzy works and what's in it, what a coil is and does, and carb refurb make sure you ain't missing anything, and for god sake put new gaskets on whenever you take things of the carb/inlet manifold.......

[minimuk]

What's a vacum test Muk?? Just wondering as when mine is finally on the road I'm sure I will need all the info I can get, lol !!

Graham

Vacuum leak test,....yr kidding right?

[Shifty]

Malven is the next one.

[minimuk]

Malven is the next one.

Is That April the 1st?

[Shifty]

Not sure of the date, but its about that time. We'll be having a stand there as well.

[mini-luke]

It is April the 1st indeed, I just checked. I will be there, mini or no mini.

[minimuk]

Not sure of the date, but its about that time. We'll be having a stand there as well.

And a tent? is Stinky ready then?

[minimuk]

It is April the 1st indeed, I just checked. I will be there, mini or no mini.

Cheers Luke, should all meet up near the TMF stand/tent

[STREET TWEAKS]

is it all fixed now mate ????