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[bogstandard]

Hello Mini Friends,

 

Been an awful last 12 months after getting the car back from body work restoration and the car idle for 3 years. It has spent more time on the back of a trailer this year rather than on the road. Constant electrical issues with engine cutting out when hot then starting again when cooled down. Engine electrics been cleaned up a lot and when I keep thinking it's solved it goes again. Currently cranking and no start. Last time it went smoke coming out of clutch/flywheel housing so hoping the final thing to fix is the Crank Sensor.

 

Picture attached (hopefully) of it and in a tight space and cannot get anything to grip the nut/hex screw as it's rounded and flat on top. I'm looking at more tools to make a bad situation worse but don't know where to go from here. Any suggestions welcome. 

 

Thank you all.

 

 

[sonscar]

Last resort if the new one is the same.Unplug it and break up the plastic and mole grips.Try hammering on a slightly smaller socket.Steve..

[Ethel]

Have you taken the grille off? That will help access. A hex socket and a decent length extension bar would help to turn it without levering the head at odd angles

 

... You could unbolt the starter motor, it's only 2 bolts

[68+86auto]

If smoke was coming out, you've got a problem which isn't the crank sensor.