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Author:  kasperflipped [ Mon Jul 12, 2010 2:52 pm ]
Post subject:  What to do
Ahoy there chaps and chapettes,
long time since ive been round these parts, house buying/renovating and general other things have kept me away but im back in search of an opinion.
My little matte black mini suffered a cruel heater related wiring short that has left a good portion of my loom fried. Its basically 3/4 of the wiring from where the battery joins the block up and into behind my dash. Now it def needs replacing, would you recommend getting a whole new loom and starting a fresh or just replacing the burnt out wires with new ones AFTER making sure what cause the problem in the first place is fixed?
Ive used the search function to find the costs of looms from various places and ideally id like to do it for a lot cheaper if possible, home ownership is a real wallet beater. Could someone even have a spare loom section i could buy?
thanks in advance
trent

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Author:  BBY755 [ Mon Jul 12, 2010 3:25 pm ]
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Sorry can' help, but......

Nice car!

Matt black looks so........evil!
:twisted:
Author:  ddk848 [ Mon Jul 12, 2010 4:47 pm ]
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Trent, if you really want to do it on the cheap and have a bit of time to spare, this is something you could easily do yourself. A mini is not exactly a car full of complex electrical wiring, it probably has one of the simplest wiring looms around.

You can buy rolls of wire in bulk, remove the old wiring loom, cut it open on your workbench and with the aid of a wiring diagram, replace each wire one by one, crimp on new connectors, solder each connection and then cover the bare ends with heatshrink. Bind it all together with PVC tape or stick it in a flexible loom tube and stick it all back in! Jaycar has all the stuff you need. From your photo I'm guessing your not going for 100% originality, so you could even do a new fuse box - aussie minis have two 35amp fuses which is almost pointless - most of the wiring in the car will melt with much less than 35 amps through it - which you now know! :(

In my opinion a secondhand loom is not really worth it, wiring that is 30 years old and has been subjected to engine bay heat over that time will be very hard and stiff, almost impossible to remove and reinstall without breaking it or having the insulation fall off - which will give the same result that you are already experiencing.

EDIT - The 'all black', debumpered look is *AWESOME*
Author:  Kennomini [ Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:59 pm ]
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I don't see anything wrong with a 2nd hand loom. I've removed a couple over the years and they seemed in rather good condition. If you do get a 2nd hand one check all connections and plugs before installing and also check the wires themselves.
You should be able to get one locally. It is a fair bit of work to rebuild a loom but is an option.
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