Logo Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Discussion on the Morris mini throw me your ideas and what not craziest idea yet....cow skin interior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Get a battery and you can hold the plugs while i turn it over. Pretty sure that jump pack is no good for starting this with no battery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 welcome along! We've heard a little about this beast already. love it! hopefully you get it going fairly soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goindf Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Looking forward to see how she goes, just about to start my project Mini soon. Happy Restoring! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProZac Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Sweet ride, should tidy up nice with a bit of welding and painting. Good motor too. Whats with it being a 63, but having internal door hinges? Had a re-shell at some stage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SP450andLE Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Discussion on the Morris mini throw me your ideas and what notcraziest idea yet....cow skin interior Unless you make the whole car brown, and have a bit of a 'cowboy' theme going on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logo Posted August 24, 2011 Author Share Posted August 24, 2011 Sweet ride, should tidy up nice with a bit of welding and painting. Good motor too.Whats with it being a 63, but having internal door hinges? Had a re-shell at some stage? Yeah was looking at that i know the doors have been changed the Wings have a fair bit of plaster under the paint. Going to sand it back anyway might be able to see if any holes were filled but its possible it was reshelled Also thinking of keeping the dark green maybe leaving the front a bit lighter green as it is now but not quite decided Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logo Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 Looking for a battery to suit it as i don't know the cold crank amps and what not just wondering if anyone has a set up like this for a mini with a 1300cc engine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 sister runs open that takes up most of the battery box,a nd prvides about 400cca. starts the rather high comp 1380 in there quite nicely. a big problem on minis is voltage drop/resistance in the positive battery cable that runs from back of car to front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mk1Mad Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Looking good man. Great to have another Mini on here! Check out my build thread if you want to see what rust is really like. Just be warned that once you start digging you won't stop! Look like its def had a reshell into a later body, will make life easier finding parts anywho. I've just bought a new 25D dizzy from www.simonbbc.com. Lots pretty fancy and should have it fitted in a few weeks so will let you know how it goes. Cost $140NZ all up shipped in a week. Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logo Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 Yeah i was also eyeing that dizzy up from simonbbc hope it runs well have to tell me if its worth getting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logo Posted August 26, 2011 Author Share Posted August 26, 2011 went and fitted a battery up one 530cca...maybe to much...would last longer and all but would it hurt the car in anyway? people from Supercheap were certain nothing would happen http://www.autobatteries.com/basics/selecting.asp from reading that I kinda feel like it would be fine...further away from the car etc more resistance and its in a somewhat cooler environment then the engine bay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 nah wont hurt it one bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logo Posted August 26, 2011 Author Share Posted August 26, 2011 Well went and tried to start it again cleaning the plugs etc hooked battery up and tried to start it....but...as there is always a but...she doesn't want to start not even spark at the plugs so its either the cap, rotor or earthing in the dizzy somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logo Posted August 26, 2011 Author Share Posted August 26, 2011 think i know whats going on....tried to see if the coil-dizzy lead got any spark from the coil which it didn't....so time to replace the leads! $45 to import some performance ones for the car from the UK or go to supercheap spend 80+ on them... decisions decisions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 go somewhere like BNT. they'll be heaps cheaper than supercheap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logo Posted August 27, 2011 Author Share Posted August 27, 2011 Sweet i'll go in on monday see how the pricing goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Will come over monday with a multimeter and see where power is getting to. I have more than a feeling that every man and his apprentice, has had a go at the wiring, hence the non functional column switches, loose wires in the engine bay, and the rangi extensions i pointed out the other day Pretty sure i have a complete dizzy and leads from an a series here too Its a mini, has less wires than a toaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProZac Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Whereabouts are you located Logo? Can help out with mini parts in ChCh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Hamiltron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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