I have a 89' city e and the car can take quite a while to start. i have a ballast ignition system with a distributor. im not quite sure if it is an electrical ignition as im just a newbie to minis. i bought the car and it had a gold lucas sports coil, i've read that it is the wrong coil. can this have any affect on starting the car and which coil is the best to use?
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Starting the car
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a_mini_thing
, Apr 12 2007 10:14 PM
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Posted 12 April 2007 - 10:14 PM
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Posted 12 April 2007 - 10:28 PM
Yes it can, it could be that the points are burning out. You need a ballast coil with ballast ignition, the Sports coil isn't compatible with it. Or it could be that the cranking bypass isn't fitted properly, there should be a white/yellow wire fitted to the coil and the other end of it to the starter solenoid cranking terminal. Or it could simply be the choke isn't setup properly.
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Posted 13 April 2007 - 05:14 PM
cheers dan.
ill check these tomorrow. can you recommend a coil which will best suit? where is the starter solenoid cranking terminal? how can you tell if the choke is set up right or am i best off just setting it up again?
ill check these tomorrow. can you recommend a coil which will best suit? where is the starter solenoid cranking terminal? how can you tell if the choke is set up right or am i best off just setting it up again?
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