1968 Austin 1100 Mk1 (Take 2)
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These are cheap points. Contacts look burnt out to me. I suspect usually crappy condenser with these things. Going to have a root around to see if I can find a decent one out of my MGB bits. Almost certainly got a spare set somewhere in this unsorted* garage...
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Re: 1968 Austin 1100 Mk1 (Take 2) - Delivered but currently rough running :(
Yup, condenser is mullered. Those are burned to hell.
Coupled with the fact it's been damp inside there has killed them.
Get a couple new ones
Phil
Coupled with the fact it's been damp inside there has killed them.
Get a couple new ones
Phil
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Re: 1968 Austin 1100 Mk1 (Take 2) - Delivered but currently rough running :(
didn't you have 9/16ths of one of these before
This one looks nice though
Slide on over to Distributordoctor and order up the ignition components. anyone else will sell you cheapo chinese cheese products! even worse if they come in green boxes with lucarse written on them. New repro lucas makes the old stuff look faultless. Those points are tired though
Mayo is from lots of cold starts and never being warmed up properly, rest your sphincter until you can get it up to temp.
check that the needle/ jetset in that carb are working, chances are that old o-rings and stuff have gummed everything up. Easy enough to fix those carbs though
have you got a dalek? be nice to see it back to bouncy castle height again.
Like the colour
This one looks nice though
Slide on over to Distributordoctor and order up the ignition components. anyone else will sell you cheapo chinese cheese products! even worse if they come in green boxes with lucarse written on them. New repro lucas makes the old stuff look faultless. Those points are tired though
Mayo is from lots of cold starts and never being warmed up properly, rest your sphincter until you can get it up to temp.
check that the needle/ jetset in that carb are working, chances are that old o-rings and stuff have gummed everything up. Easy enough to fix those carbs though
have you got a dalek? be nice to see it back to bouncy castle height again.
Like the colour
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Re: 1968 Austin 1100 Mk1 (Take 2) - Delivered but currently rough running :(
Lovely and I don’t think I’ve seen one in that colour before.
Certainly not since I was a youngster.
Certainly not since I was a youngster.
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Re: 1968 Austin 1100 Mk1 (Take 2) - Delivered but currently rough running :(
I should have a decenf set but I'm blowed if I can find them. After initial running, I'll likely go electronically assisted points. Again if I can find the spare unit I've got!
Got a home brewed job that I used on the purple one. Just waiting for some fibre washers to arrive so I can fix it. Still got some fluid left thankfully.richardthestag wrote: ↑Thu May 21, 2020 4:26 pm didn't you have 9/16ths of one of these before
This one looks nice though
Slide on over to Distributordoctor and order up the ignition components. anyone else will sell you cheapo chinese cheese products! even worse if they come in green boxes with lucarse written on them. New repro lucas makes the old stuff look faultless. Those points are tired though
Mayo is from lots of cold starts and never being warmed up properly, rest your sphincter until you can get it up to temp.
check that the needle/ jetset in that carb are working, chances are that old o-rings and stuff have gummed everything up. Easy enough to fix those carbs though
have you got a dalek? be nice to see it back to bouncy castle height again.
Like the colour
Going to build up a list for a trip to Moss tomorrow. Need to think of what we need essentials at home first. Missus already has given me grief for buying yet another car that has arrived broken.
Thinking carb rebuild kit (o-rings, jet, gaskets, etc), oil, plugs, air filter, fuel filter, fuel and anything else I can think of. To be honest most of that should be here apart from carb kit.
Not a spin on filter for these. I assume I clean the mesh out?
Worth converting to spin-on? Iirc merccrocker had problems with modern adapter kits.
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Re: 1968 Austin 1100 Mk1 (Take 2) - Delivered but currently rough running :(
I don't think it is an original colour! Certainly not from the period literature on the 1100 club website
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Re: 1968 Austin 1100 Mk1 (Take 2) - Delivered but currently rough running :(
Austins were Trafalgar blue in '67.
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Re: 1968 Austin 1100 Mk1 (Take 2) - Delivered but currently rough running :(
No the colour isn't an original BMC one, certainly not in period with the 1100. I can't place it though...
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Re: 1968 Austin 1100 Mk1 (Take 2) - Delivered but currently rough running :(
It looks very like the colour of my first mini 850 but for some reason I always called that China blue.
The colour of my first two minis actually
The colour of my first two minis actually
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Re: 1968 Austin 1100 Mk1 (Take 2) - Delivered but currently rough running :(
Rubber bumper MG midget blue?