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[coopdog]

umm i cant find one anywhere and i dont have an hanyes manual with me,
maybe cooperman can come along and explain it for you :L

[Wilhelm]

Thankyou haha I feel a right douche now lmao
I'll see if I can find my haynes manual for the time being

The instructions that came with it wern't very clear, and I couldn't get a solid white light to appear so settled for it flashing really fast, thinking that was it

[L400RAS]

If you can get it to Boston, Lincs, i'll time it in FOC.

I'm free sat afternoon and sunday.

[coopdog]

Thankyou haha I feel a right douche now lmao
I'll see if I can find my haynes manual for the time being

The instructions that came with it wern't very clear, and I couldn't get a solid white light to appear so settled for it flashing really fast, thinking that was it

well i'll try and explain a bit,

right you know where your fan belt goes round the water pump the altenator and then the bottom pully?

well the bottom pully is what you should be point the timing light at,
it should have a tiny bit/dent/mark what ever you want to call it, look for that mark it with a bit of tip ex so its easier to see,
then turn the engine on,

am the gun to it and the strobe flashes in time with the ignition so it alows you to see where the timing is (the little dent on the bottom pully)


next there should be a jagged thing on the block to the left that looks like this

my skills on paint



i think the dent on the bottom pully needs to be in line with the 2nd tooth down

so to do that you need to turn the dizzy left or right to make it move
make sure the engines running tho, and move the dizzy little bits at a time.

thats the best i could explain it really :L

hope you can understand

Edited by coopdog, 22 June 2012 - 06:50 PM.

[Wilhelm]

Thankyou haha I feel a right douche now lmao
I'll see if I can find my haynes manual for the time being

The instructions that came with it wern't very clear, and I couldn't get a solid white light to appear so settled for it flashing really fast, thinking that was it

well i'll try and explain a bit,

right you know where your fan belt goes round the water pump the altenator and then the bottom pully?

well the bottom pully is what you should be point the timing light at,
it should have a tiny bit/dent/mark what ever you want to call it, look for that mark it with a bit of tip ex so its easier to see,
then turn the engine on,

am the gun to it and the strobe flashes in time with the ignition so it alows you to see where the timing is (the little dent on the bottom pully)


next there should be a jagged thing on the block to the left that looks like this

my skills on paint



i think the dent on the bottom pully needs to be in line with the 2nd tooth down

so to do that you need to turn the dizzy left or right to make it move
make sure the engines running tho, and move the dizzy little bits at a time.

thats the best i could explain it really :L

hope you can understand

Fantastic, cheers :) That combined with reading the Haynes manual (Which I should have done to start off with, I know ) has given me a much better understanding of how it all works :) Thankyou very much for all your imput, without it i'd still be trying to make the light flash as fast as possible

Thankyou for your kind offer L400RAS, but I'm going to give it a shot tomorrow morning :) Don't really fancy driving it 35 miles when it's in the condition it's in at the moment Thankyou though :)


I'll update you all tomorrow :)

[coopdog]

GOOD LUCK

[coopdog]

done it?

[Wilhelm]

Been trying to this afternoon we've managed to get the tickover to the 2nd point on the timing guide, when revving it what points does it have to be on, or is that irrelivent? :)
Its still stuttering when it's revved like in the other videos

[minidaves]

vac adavance connected when your do the timing or not.
oil in the dashpot of the carb?
some engines like more advance than others, and atm that a series dont sound crisp
whats comming out the exhaust, maybe it weak

[Wilhelm]

Sorted! Thanks Coopdog and everyone else
Cleaned the distributer cap with a screwdriver (the metal bits in it) and set up the timing and it runs much better :) :) Revs freely and dosen't judder :) It judders slightly and occasionally at 65+ but I guess thats normal for a Mini haha

Chuffed to bits, thanks again

[Alex_B]

It shouldnt judder at any speed really, might be worth replacing any bits of the electrical system that arnt new,

I dropped a spark plug and closed the gap up a bit, I was very suprised at how much it affected the engine, was partly misfiring and running like a dog, all because of one tiny thing, but glad its not running how it was in the videos, bloody classic cars !

[coopdog]

WAHHAYYYYY :L
you owe me ;)