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[OscarMini]

Hallo,

I was wondering if any of you could identify this distributor for me.

Markings on distributor housing: 41418 K 45D4

I know its a Lucas 45d, but I would like to know what car It originally came from. 

I took it out of my 1978 Mini 850 but I am doubting it is original, and I would of course like to have the proper distributor installed so weights, springs etc, match my car/engine.

 

Thank you in advance 

Edited by OscarMini, 28 September 2022 - 10:35 AM.

[Lplus]

41418  shows for 1972 - 1978 Mini 998/1000 and 1.1 allegro.

[red81]

Lplus can you tell me where you can source that info from I need it for my dizzy and I need to ID the year of manufacture for my engine aswell.

[Lplus]

Lplus can you tell me where you can source that info from I need it for my dizzy and I need to ID the year of manufacture for my engine aswell.

I found the distributor specs here:-  https://mgaguru.com/...butor_specs.pdf                                                                                                                    

 

Engine info won't be there.  There's quite a lot of A series engine info on the net, depending on exactly what you want.
 

Edited by Lplus, 03 October 2022 - 05:17 PM.

[Retro_10s]

Provided you have the original engine number stamped on the right hand side of the engine block, you may be able to use the A-series de-coder I link to below.

http://www.guess-wor...Tech/engine.htm

This will at least tell you what your engine spec should be, but of course it doesn't take into account modifications - bearing in mind most engines are at a bare minimum of 20+years old now.

[red81]

Thanks for your info guys, unfortunately the dizzy info is incomplete for my model and the engine info doesn't seem to recognise that i have an A series 998 and not a A plus engine. I'll keep looking but would welcome any other suggestions.