hi my 1978 clubmans battery was flat so i jumped started the car i think ive overloaded the electrical system my indicaters, wiper motor wont work the ignition light is on all the time and the oil light wont come on the car still starts and drives anyone done this if so what componont do i need to change thanks for any help

How did you hook up the jump leads? - positive to positive - negative to negative I hope otherwise you may have cooked your regulator/diodes in the alternator. If you have a multimeter check the output from the alternator and see what it is doing.

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

did you check your fuses as well?
They are hard to see sometimes so use a multimeter or just get new ones.

I would be getting the alternator checked out as wombat suggested

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sounds like a fuse to me

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Check and clean the fuses and fuse box.

Does the motor now start. In most Minis we only have two fuses. so check them but if you can start the engine its not the fuses. You say your indicators and wipers dont work can you try your head lights, radio and all the others.. Oil light alwys on is a mystry to me

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Stop Licking the Dog...I Don't Care Who Started It

three fuses, two in the fusebox and one in the wiring loom for all the lights.

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Aussie Leyland, Aussie Factory, Aussie Mini S.

The one in the loom for the lights was only on Leyland mini's (and normally lost and forgotten about up behind the carb), the rest just had the two in the fusebox

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yes i jumped it in the correct way and it started ,im begining to think you guys are right its the alternator, the 2 fuses (main) were ok but the fuse box looks dodgy ive ordered a new one plus a oil pressure switch it may be its just the globe thats blown .One last question when ive removed my old flasher unit its a lucas one looks like a small aluminium box the new one i bought looks a lot more advanced its a bosch when i fitted this the indicaters still dident work is this new one compatable has anyone else swapped from a lucas to a bosch ...thanks again guys

hi king of bling yes my lights and radio still work......im thinking its the fuse box now and the altinater..