Preparation for the Wet? Blackpool Mini Run

We've been having trouble recently with our Mini in the rain. As soon as there is heavy rain, the poor mini loses all power, and can only be driven in first gear.

Looking at the weather forecast, the blackpool mini run could well be a washout. We're in trouble....

After looking through posts at http://www.minifinity.com/ we have decided to "do the marigold" which involves cutting off the finger tips of a marigold, feeding the HT cables through them, and wrapping it over the dizzy cap. Considering the most challenging thing i've done to a car so far has been checking the dipstick, It seems to have gone on easily - lets hope tomorrow at the Mini run, it keeps it nice and dry.

Some before shots:

First thing to do was label the HT leads, so I put them back on the right spark plugs.

The dizzy cap which needs protecting from the elements.

The result:

Lets hope it works, if not the AA man's gonna give us some dodgy looks!