Ahoy there chaps and chapettes, im very shortly going to start repairs to my burnt out loom. Ive looked into buying a complete new front loom but i dont need all of it to warrant the price so i was thinking i might just repair/replace the burnt out wires myself (with a decent fuze box too), now here is my question, where is the best place to buy different coloured automotive wires? do places like autobahn, superblah or repco sell them? Jaycar maybe? Is there a specific wire type i should get, im knowledgeable enough to know that speaker wire wont cut the mustard.
Look forward to your replies and help
shred the gnar
trent

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Use the correct colour coded wires - common outlets you mention won't sell them - try on-line or a specialist auto-electric supply house. I bought some heavier gauge Blue with red and Blue with white to rewire the headlights from someone and sorry I can't remember - just rang them and paid by card and it was in the post the next day.

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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!

Hi Try http://www.baxters.com.au/index.php?page=contactus or http://www.ashdown-ingram.com.au/locations_vic.html Regards Daren

Think about joiners too - Solder bullet connectors and rubber plugs like the original are available

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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!

These guys supplied the cables originally;-

http://www.bambachcables.com.au/

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I repaired a loom about 10 years ago, I bought an old loom from a Mini place/wrecker so I had the correct colours, then I cut off the damaged sections and soldered the wires together I used 'Shrink Tube' to insulate each wire, slid a piece of the tube onto the wire prior to soldering then heated the tube and it shank onto the join nice and neat. When I had finished I taped it all up into a neat loom and it was as good as new with all the correct colour coding. 10 years on and that car is still going fine with no electrical issues. All the damage on that car was under the bonnet
so all my cuts and joins were under the bonnet. Cost me next to nothing to repair.

If just repairing - a 2nd hand loom is a good option.....

For my project car (adding spots, fogs etc using correct wiring colours) I used
http://www.autoelectricsupplies.co.uk/

Very quick and easy to deal with - and everything listed online
( I get little chance to call people the old fashioned way - so do most of my shopping late at night...)

I redid my Loom by getting 2 looms from wreck mini's. cut them all up and started all over again with only good clean wires. I also solded them together with srink wrap but I doubled mine with the first 1 being the length of the join then another over the top. I used all new connections except the rear section of the loom as I did not touch this end.
I also put in a 8 pin fuse box

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

Just to add to the chorus, have done the same as others and fixed up old looms.

I have a box of old looms and bits and pieces, and then fix/repair/replace/add whatever harness I need for whatever application.

The one in the 850 lasted 10 years perfectly no issues and just done one for the van.

All new from scratch is a PITA unless you have really out-there requirements.

A remade harness is a nice easy option, but pricey

cheers

Jacob

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'72 Clubman Van - 1022cc, 295 head, 731 cam - Daily Driver
'69 Morris 1100 S - Dinged by a bus, in shed under repair
'64 Morris 1100 - Early 1100, long term project