Just curious, what colour is the sky in your world?
IE: Where do you come up with this crap?

No need to worry, imatroll, you've got 16 more!

Here sit I, the fool for having bought a compression tester when in fact I've had many for years!

of course, just a little common sense,  i removed all spark plugs, i put my finger on top of the hole and rotate the engine fan slowly, i felt the engine is sucking my finger, i put a little oil and repeat the procedure, the hole sucked my finger more tighter,maybe due to the oil the i put in.

still saving money for the compression tester

I think I can answer that for you - Tony once posted that he's got skills from his days with muscle cars, plus his mini does 90.

Maybe he's mistaking his tight pistons by the 'twap' in the exhaust pulse of having overly retarded ignition timing.  I'm sure that the flea-market chrome hairspray cap that he placed over his vacuum unit didn't help dissipate any heat from the unit. 

I wonder which vacuum unit he'll choose, not to mention how long it'll last under that shiny thang...

Absolutely the best post I've ever seen on this forum. I literally laughed out loud. And I think it went completely over his head.

Robbie, how do you know your "pistons are tight"? Im curious.

lol, sxs, can i replace the vacuum advance just by itself or the entire dizzy,,, my goodness!!! that answered all my questions, i know its also the cause of smelly fumes getting inside my car from the exhaust(NOT SMOKE) i know my pistons are still tight.

eventhough i am ridiculed in the beginning of this thread and every thread im in,i still get the right answer in the end.. thanks guys!!! im so happy! 

You may have a blown vacuum advance. Easy to replace, cheaper too.

Also, I knew you'd get here. Welcome to the party.

dan, so you mean a distributor always has both vacuum and mechanical advances? last night i removed my distributor cap and the hose that goes to the vacuum advance, then i get a huge syringe and tried sucking air from the vacuum advance, i notice the was NO movement in the points or anything in the distributor, i know that as you suck air there should be movement somewhere,,,gosh i think my vacuum advance is fried, thats why probably past 45mph the engine seems to be making vibration or roughness..

NOW IT'S FINAL, I NEED TO GET ME AN ELECTRONIC DIZZY, whether i like it or not. ,,Jeremy thorpe is so right, the first thing you have to change in a classic mini is the points distributor, switch to electronic.. gosh im so hard headed.,i shouldve listened to him, i hate myself now.

Actually, no.

The mechanical advance advances timing more as rpms increase.

The vacuum advance does the opposite - when the throttle is closed, you get the most vacuum, which pulls on the vacuum advance to ... advance the timing at idle. As you begin to open the throttle, the vacuum subsides, the vacuum advance relaxes and the timing is set back for the mechanica advance to start its job. The purpose of the vacuum advance is to save fuel while the car is idling.... fuel economy. To set timing, the vacuum advance is to be disconnected to make the adjustment. Otherwise the timing will not be corect for when the mechanical advance starts its work. Of course, if you'd read up on it, you'd already know this. So, your timing may still be off.

That is a great question. I wouldn't know where to begin to answer that if I were Velocity.

(If I were Velocity, I guess you could say I'd be clueless)

Actually im not a member of any other forums. Just this one. I do own a mini. I'm actually a really nice guy.

the letter "u" and the letter "a" are pretty far apart on the keyboard. You intentionally called me gay and implied that I have a small penis. Who's the child now Robbie? Still avoiding those questions eh?

No I meant you. What did you do to piss off folks that are normally hospitable?

 imatroll is a troll , pay less attention to him, he doesnt own any mini. he hops in every forum and look for someone to stir... he conives with other members. he hates and ridicules members who doesnt speak and write good engrish. i see him in several other forums...just ignore him.

Who is this guy? And why do all of these posts go downhill so quickly?

oh sorry, i was suposed to write"guy" not gay, u and a letters are very close on the keyboards.. my bad!! lol..

and who said i have a tiny hogan??

oh btw my dog is still sleeping she's tired.

The names Jonathan, not John, not Jo, not Nathan, Jonathan. To answer your question, no, you may not.

Now if you don't want my help ever, please, by all means, call me Jon.

Please !

I dare you.

SxS (Side by Side) or JFK or 9&3/4 or Jonathan

Oh come on now Zip. Let me have my fun.

Robbie. Who said I have a d!ck? Maybe Im a woman. Maybe Im a pterodactyl (google it). I know you're trying to put on this big tough guy act but its not working. And in my experience, the guys who make accusations of small genitalia are the ones who have the most to hide.

And calling me gay? Well isn't that just as bad as someone making a racist remark? Didnt you have a problem with a couple forum members saying they were making racist comments about you? Now you make homophobic remarks against me because im gay? What a low life.

I would have thought that Tony would have done what he said he'd do. 

This thread (//www.minimania.com/msgThread/116311/1/1/sick_and_tired#1078487 ) revealed a lot...

I gave him this:

He replied this:

... and the ensuing banter entertained the masses...