Timbo wrote:
If you're going to make your own loom consider future owners and try to use a standard wiring colour code (ideally the original colour code). Its a dog of a job trying to diagnose faults when all the wires are the wrong colour (or all the same colour!).
Tim
Tim
Hee hee, I know of one loom in a (non-Mini) car that was done in all white (on purpose mind you!)
The thing is with a 50 year old harness, you have no idea what sort of rough handling it may have had in certain areas, where it might have rubbed or chafed through, you have no idea how corroded or worn connectors are internally and at the connector junctions, you have no idea whether spring tension in connectors has been compromised, bodged repairs etc...throw in 50 years of heat and vibration cycles and often it is more good luck than anything else that the loom is still functional (I know they can go forever!! I have seen near 100 year old looms still functioning but quietly sitting there as a real fire hazard)
So...either re-wire and re-terminate your loom with good quality wire and insulation or take the risk (buy a fire extinguisher and fit a battery isolation switch near the drivers seat) or pay the $4-500 for a newie
