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Car Forum / MINI / March 2005Electronic ignition - problems with charging and cranking
hello, i have a sparkrite electronic ignition on my 1978 mini clubman. the problem comes when i try to turn over the car, the car cranks once and stops, no longer drawing power from the battery. after my last attempt to get it to crank, the electronic ignition unit no longer comes on, yet lights ect work on the car, i don't have any documents for the unit as i had the car given and no documents could be found for it. any help would be much Appreciated. many thanks in advance if i rember one of the sparkrite kits was switchable and was an aftermarket system that used the points to fire the coil this unit cliped to the coil with something like a terry clip but as far as i rember it had nothing to do with the starter motor > hello, i have a sparkrite electronic ignition on my 1978 mini clubman. > the problem comes when i try to turn over the car, the car cranks once [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > many thanks in advance Try checking all the cable connections from the battery. Clean off any corrosion and make sure all connections are done up tight, especially at the battery terminal, solonoid and starter motor. A poor connection may allow enough current to power the lights but not enough to turn the engine over. > Try checking all the cable connections from the battery. Clean off any > corrosion and make sure all connections are done up tight, especially at > the battery terminal, solonoid and starter motor. A poor connection may > allow enough current to power the lights but not enough to turn the engine > over I have found that it was a bad earth from the engine to the body that was stopping the power getting round tghe system from the battery. Thanks for your help Hi, It seems you were lucky there, this problem usually results in a burnt out throttle cable when you try to start the engine. Keith > > Try checking all the cable connections from the battery. Clean off any > > corrosion and make sure all connections are done up tight, especially at [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Thanks for your help |
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