Irish Mini Owners Club

thats annoying i just spent my last 30 euro on a ballasted coil :/ ill post up the engine number later on my car is up at college!! really appreciate the help

If you dont have a ballast make sure your coil is not Ballast, There are values in the Haynes Manual to confirm this AFAIK. Youll be blowing coils all the time if your using a Ballasted coil on a non Ballast system. If you cap is worn, replace the rotor too. Does your dizzy have electronic points? ...

right i had a good look at all the ignition.. the spark i was getting when i tested before dissappeared!! so i took of the dizzy cap to find it badly worn!! so im getting a new one and seeing how i go!! another thing i noticed is there was no pink/white wire to the coil! i found it was cut?? but the...

Minis don't use an inline resistor, its a resistive cable pink with a white tracer and is connected between the ignition switch and coil. If the engine is running this cable is ok. The cold start cable is a standard cable White with a yellow tracer between the starter motor and the coil. To check t...

The wire had a big red thick inline resistor on it, you may need to peel back some of the insulation on the loom to see it. Unfortunatly I cannot remember how to check it for sure, Do you have a multimeter? Id be having a poke around with that, haynes may list the values. :D so its a wire with a re...

Is the starter turning the engine over on the key ? ths starter is turning over What engine is it? one of those wires is probably the ballast resistor to the coil, it could have a short in it , I cant remember for sure but if you have a ballast resistor before the coil,I think the voltage to the co...

im having loads of trouble starting my mini. today i had a good look around the engine and noticed two wires had come unplugged from the starter motor.. the car turned over perfectly and i drove it for a while.. parked it up for about ten mins and wouldnt start again... i took the fuel pipe off the ...

i its a 91 metro lump... it has the electronic ignition so ill test the coil.. i tried letting it heat up but it didnt make a difference so i dont think its moisture..

i was just wondering if anyone could help me.. the other day after leaving the car for two nights i went to start it and it wouldn't. i got a friend of mine to tow start it and we got it running.. it would accelerate but if i put my foot down further than than half way it would cut out and we had to...

one word come comes to mind when seeing a head gasket being changed on the road!! Heroic

saw a load of minis on the way back from college in the viaduct in my own mini! called in and followed to bandon but had to break off from there!! maybe next year

Class pics!!

sorry to see you sold it!! your probably better off with no job i wish i was as sensible im nearly crippled from the bloody minis!! good luck anyway

its cool but the wheels look tacky

"To put it in perspective a 4" angle grinder is around 85db"

that puts that into perspective cheers!!

guess us students are the only one's bothered then

its just excessive that the db is so low and the nct is so expensive!! if they halved the price then maybe it would be fairer but they just want money money money!! and what about ppl who have minis that dont hav the time space or money to be messing with the carb and exhaust every year let alone ev...

tell me about it!! not only is it 350 on tax its 1270 on insurance and now 50 on nct every bloody year!! in gonna have to quit college

what a scam

CARS OVER 10 years old will have to be tested every year under changes to the National Car Test approved by the Minister for Transport. Noel Dempsey has also effectively banned excessively tinted car windows and noisy exhausts under the changes due to come into effect in January. The Minister has ac...

i braved the service and it went well but now it wont start!! i followed the instructions exactly but it wont fire at all!! any ideas im pretty stumped

thanks a mill

thanks again

nice one where can i find that!!
whos the author?
cheers

cheers bud!!

anything i should avoid doing???

hi
just ordered a new needle and repair kit for my carb and just wondering is it a difficult task to take it apart and put it back together as ive never done this before!!
any tips?
thanks

ok cool thanks i mill for the help well appreciated!! bloody mini's haha!! wish i had a HS carb!! ill try get my hands on an analyzer and see what i can do to get it right and swap needles to see how i get on!! cheers keith!!

i live that mintylanb site it brilliant haha!! one thing thats worrying is it says the BDP needle is richer?? nightmare!!

im pretty sure the jet and the small bimetallic gizmo is knackered?? apparently they get worn out after 55000 miles or so? ive ordered a BDP needle (minisport recommendation) and repair kit for it and ill borrow a gas analyzer and set it up properly!! i hope i haven't wasted money though??? the read...