You drive all the way across town to a specialist Auto Electrical Parts supplier to buy the large right angled spade crimp terminals to rewire the headlight plugs. You need 6 but they come in packs of 5 so you have to buy 2. Then when you get home you put them in a safe place and the wife nags you to get on with some renovations to the house - then the computer crashes and you spend time fixing that - before you know it 6 weeks has gone by and it's time to get back to the Mini restro and can you find the @#&*%#$ terminals

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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!

And my wife tried to make me believe that only happened to me.

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1970 Mini Deluxe - 1275, Weber, Clive 346 cam, MS 4-pot slotted discs, Megajolt ignition Now with new improved Mambas... almost on the road
1966 Van with Traveller rear seat conversion
2008 Prado GXL
All in various states of repair...

Quickest way to find them is first buy some more.....................

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1967 Cooper S - new front bearings to do.
1965 Cooper S shell - Slow progress. No time or money!
1966 Deluxe- next rustoration!
Mk 2 & XJ6 Jags. Less said the better.

i went to a auto elec today to buy globes for the moke dash he wanted $17 for the box of ten i said no thanks and went to repco and got them for $3 thats what i hate theives

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busier than a 0ne legged man in a butt kicking competion

yeah, some are licensed burgulars - quoted me $30 for an alternator bearing once...........

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1967 Cooper S - new front bearings to do.
1965 Cooper S shell - Slow progress. No time or money!
1966 Deluxe- next rustoration!
Mk 2 & XJ6 Jags. Less said the better.

You can get a pair of Narva "Sealed Beam Connector"s (#49894 like the one at the bottom of this page: http://www.narva.com.au/Globes_11.html) from Repco for under $4 each. The wiring is pretty good quality with thick insulation and the core is good for atleast 10 amps (more than enough for a single 55/60w H4 light). Just call Repco first as they'll usualy have to order it in for you.

Thanks but I would like the original Lucas colours going right to the terminal - one thing I hate is trying to sort out the correct colours that some other butcher has spliced into the wiring loom

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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!

i bought a new loom for the moke no butchers here, and its the best thing since the mini k

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busier than a 0ne legged man in a butt kicking competion

Funny isn't it, whenever you find a mini to fix, chances are the wiring has always been fiddled with, usually wires just twisted together under ratty insulation tape, piggy back connectors for k-mart spot lights, extra runs to switches etc where originals have melted into the looms, non standard (screw type) terminals, you name it.....................

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1967 Cooper S - new front bearings to do.
1965 Cooper S shell - Slow progress. No time or money!
1966 Deluxe- next rustoration!
Mk 2 & XJ6 Jags. Less said the better.

did they have to take the altinator off and pull it apart or did you jus take the alt to them an say i need a bearing ....

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'66 Morris Mini DeLuxe. In pieces.
'88 Honda EE2 4WDWagovan. DOHC.
'94 Honda EG4 Civic. -Daily-
'82 Toyota KE70 Corolla -Drifter- x2
'95 Honda DC2 Integra

Just the bearing

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1967 Cooper S - new front bearings to do.
1965 Cooper S shell - Slow progress. No time or money!
1966 Deluxe- next rustoration!
Mk 2 & XJ6 Jags. Less said the better.