help have run out of ideas and dont know were to look next

[dawny babes]

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Hi everyone have just koined the site and looks great but please help I have a 1989 cheque mate / racing green mini 1000 runns great realy nippy till it gets dark and sometimes if it rains when i put lights on car looses power and I cant find the problem every time i go to a garage they just look at daft in more detail when i put lights on and revs dip car starts to feel like its missing have change the earth strap and even put on a second one tightened fan belt checked battery earth checked live from battery all way along car to starter cant seem to finnd the problem as i said the car runs absolutly great till put lights on has any one please got any idaes
thanx for looking
have just joined snowdon minis and am meeting up with them and from reading both sights every one meets up sooner or later so am looking forward to meeting the mini addicts soon in the future
thanx again even if you have no ideas
Dawny Babes

[Deano]

Hello and welocme to the forum:) Snowdon mini`s are like family to us :)

It could be a number a different things

Battery condition correct bat size ampage etc

Alternator correct ampage pulley size etc

Dodgy wiring

I would start with battery get it tested or get a new one then the alternator

Hope this helps any more suggestions peeps? let us know how you get on

Cheers Deano

[charlie_mini]

hi dawn! welcome to the forum! think deano has covered pretty much everything there! another dead obvious one thats not as technical is - have you got a weather sheild over your dizzy? and checked that the dizzy cap seals over the dizzy properly, sure ian was having problems with damp getting in his cap and made mini mini run like spanners!
hope you get it sussed soon tho!
cheers

[TONYELF]

Hi Dawn.Welcome to miniaddicts!
It looks to me that your lights may have a dodgy earth wire some where if it only happens when you put lights on? It could be a dodgy bulb? or even a bare wire touching earth somewhere but that is more likely to blow a fuse.
hope you sort it soon before it gets worse.:confused:

[dawny babes]

many thanx
will check that out I have another good battery in garage off a peugeot 206 if i connect this up to test if that cures problem will i damage anything i know this is a stronger battery but dont want to damage anything?
thanx dawny babes:)

[TONYELF]

Should be no probs, as long as you connect correctly +or - and of course it's a 12 volt battery. Good luck with that, remember you are only doing what a garage would do, short of sending a pulse through the wires with a meter, and who pays for that! Might as well go for it yourself (experience comes in handy if you are ever stuck in middle of no where !:D

As Dean says in his reply as long as your ampage is correct should be ok. I doubt the battery will fit in the mini's battery box. I bought a new one for my mini not long ago from a motor factor for £23 so they are cheap enough to buy!

[moddinmad]

im running a batery off a 2l montego and it works fantastic. good luck

[Cymro]

Hi Dawn
:D :D
why dont you give us a ring next week sometime, you can bring it round for the day and ill have a look for you.


IAN BODEDERN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!XX