This episode of the Classic Mini Survival Guide will be on controlling crankcase pressure via engine breathers.

What creates the pressure
How it gets routed
How to control it
Why it should be sent back into the intake to get combusted.

How to tell which version of the common Lucas distributor is on your motor.

There is a 25D, 45D, 59D, 65D. There are also non vacuum advance units like the 43D and the fuel injection one as well but I dont have any of those to show and they are less comm and more obvious.

The focus of this episode is to help with identification of the distributor type through various casting differences.

The Classic Mini Survival guide is a series of short videos where I will be breaking down various skills and tasks required to keep your classic mini in top running condition.

As I work on minis, I am constantly finding problems with general maintenance items such as spark plugs, valve gaps, ignition timing, etc...

I see these as tasks which any owner is capable of doing and yet I do not find them to be happening correctly, if at all.

My goal with this series is to educate and inform the Mini community so that we keep more of these cars on the road. The better they run, the more they get used and appreciated by others.

If you have a suggestion for a topic, let me know in the comments below each video.

Thanks for watching
Darren