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[Dusky]

Highest failure rate:
Anything Rubber /Poly
Anything with a lucas brand on it from points to coils to switches
 
Then so many rad caps that dont hold pressure, too many faulty spark plugs around, lets not open the worm can about bearings and counterfeit parts..
Plus
I hate bosh parts, simply not like what they were used to be 10 years ago
I will never buy anything with a beru sign on it
Chrome wipers are death traps
Some timing chains around are simply ridicolous
 
That said there is still some good parts on the market, and usually at minispares they try help when you have issues with quality parts

Whats wrong with beru? Just intrested as I used to have their sparplugs

I wouldnt alsof suspect alot of electrical components these days. After my engine rebuild I couldnt get a spark. Turns out the condenser was bad out the box.
But now even NGK surprises me! Took my 7 months old plugs out of the block and when nu gearbox rebuild was finished, 2 of them didnt spark anymore..

[jaydee]

I have a set of france made NGK plugs, about 5 years old, awful lot of miles, they still work i keep them in the garage as a relic

I've seen a lot of these japan made NGKs not lasting 7k miles or 6 months..

Anyhow i think you've been unlucky with that plug set, yes i had 2 NGK plugs not sparking after short mileage, but that was out of about a houndred of brand new plugs and not 2 plugs out of 4.

Thats a warrying fail rate i'd check problems elsewhere before blaming NGK in this case, ie over-rich mixture or flooding kills plugs..

 

Ah..all beru parts i've tryed (cap-rotors-other ignition parts) were of awful quality, on top of the list a dizzy cap not following specification, will never use them again.

[gazza82]

Strange as I used NGK in my Alfa ... there are 8 of them (Twinspark technology). They last 70-72k miles!! They are Platinum plugs though .. perhaps the other ranges are more suspect ..

 

The replacement mileage for our MiTo (1.4 engine) is every 18000 miles which I find appalling, but they are only around £12 a set and the car only does around 6K per year.

 

I haven't tried them yet, but I've got a set of Accuspark plugs for the 1330 once built. Anyone else on here tried this?

 

 

Other than that I tend to use Bosch plugs in the Peugeots are these don't mess up with the coilpacks (some Sagems and NGKs don't get on!)

Edited by gazza82, 09 January 2015 - 12:17 PM.

[jaydee]

We're talking about the cheap cooper plugs, BP series NGKs, that are OEM for most classic cars.

The laser-platinum are great and are what i use and reccomend for modern cars. They dont last 70k miles though..

[gazza82]

We're talking about the cheap cooper plugs, BP series NGKs, that are OEM for most classic cars.

The laser-platinum are great and are what i use and reccomend for modern cars. They dont last 70k miles though..

 

Just taken a set out of 156 and they have 73000 on them ... still OK and gaps hardly opened up! Car's MPG didn't alter or performance drop ...

 

I've only replaced them as they need to be changed at 60K ...

Edited by gazza82, 09 January 2015 - 02:05 PM.

[dsgoody]

I brought a new Lucas fuse box last winter; all of the terminals needed pinching together as they were far too big for the fuses. I've also had rubber and poly bushes rapidly deteriorate after 6 months.

 

Aftermarket or Genuine, European or Chinese, nothing of such poor quality should be being sold as it's not fit for purpose. I know Mini Spares go to great lengths to get the best quality parts possible but more increasingly I'm seeing common parts of poor quality from all of the Mini suppliers.

[racingbob]

one place you can rely on MANIFLOW never had a problem

[Tamworthbay]

Strange as I used NGK in my Alfa ... there are 8 of them (Twinspark technology). They last 70-72k miles!! They are Platinum plugs though .. perhaps the other ranges are more suspect ..
 
The replacement mileage for our MiTo (1.4 engine) is every 18000 miles which I find appalling, but they are only around £12 a set and the car only does around 6K per year.
 
I haven't tried them yet, but I've got a set of Accuspark plugs for the 1330 once built. Anyone else on here tried this?
 
 
Other than that I tend to use Bosch plugs in the Peugeots are these don't mess up with the coilpacks (some Sagems and NGKs don't get on!)

I ran accuspark ones in my old daily driver MGB GT, They had done 20,000 miles in four years when I sold it and were still going strong.

[KernowCooper]

What make do they look like before being branded Accuspark ? Clive

[Tamworthbay]

What make do they look like before being branded Accuspark ? Clive

They don't really look like any of the big names, they are a triple electrode type that doesn't look familiar to me. I have a set in the garage and could put a pic up if you are interested.

[Tamworthbay]

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Here you go Dave

[KernowCooper]

Looks like the old Motorcraft plug

[cal844]

My mate used accuspark plugs(part of an ingition kit) swapped to NGK soon after

[1984mini25]

I replaced the electronic module on mine 2 years back with a new one from simonbbc as I thought it was the cause of a misfire, it ran fine on the drive and for all of 3 miles. Granted they did send a replacement, but I'm still using the original, probably now 20 year old rover original that seams to be fine.

 

Spark plugs I'm currently using an old set, probably over 10 years, that I found in the garage. As I noticed the ceramic part on two of the ones I'd replaced before winter had cracked.

 

 

Although I really do miss the days when I could just drive off down the lanes to the local mini breakers and if I scratched around or removed the part myself, it was either free or a bit cheaper. I remember when the wing mounted starter solenoid went, witch had been playing up and I had been restoring to sorting it out to start the car each time. Not at all dodgy, especially pushing the mini off petrol stations forecourt to jump start it. After abut a week of having to do that each and every time just to get to and from work. I jump started it, drove off down to the mini breakers, found a solenoid on a mini that had recently came in, removed it gave it, a quick clean up, swapped it over and drove home again. Best of all because I removed it myself it was free and even better, its still working on the car 9 years later.