Rewire with the engine out - much easier by far

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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!

alright but well i got to pull everything out to respray the bay so wats the best way to do this do i just snip away and throw it all in the bin or is there a better way to do it
cheers bob

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1978 NUGGET GOLD 1275 LS

Are you buying a new loom? - if you are it should come with all the connectors but just in case it doesn't I'd take the old one out as intact as possible and hang it up in a corner in case you have to raid it later

Tip when replacing the new loom it is easier to pass it through the hole in the triangle brace near the fuse box from the front NOT the from the firewall side

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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!

oh ok so u can actually just buy all the wring in one piece and u just reconnect it back up
i wasnt a ware of this i thought u needed to re run each wireindividually so how much are these and where would i get one
cheers bob

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1978 NUGGET GOLD 1275 LS

Around $400 - http://www.vinwire.com.au/ is one place, there are a couple of others - try a search on this site - it has been a regular topic. I got mine through Northern Minis in Melbourne (cause I was down there at the time) who in turn got it from WA. The order got stuffed up -I had ordered the plastic coated and it came in original cotton coated (normally extra) but I got it for the quoted price of $330- glad it did as I think it looks heaps better

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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!

thanks for that ill check it out so how difficult is it to hook one of these harneses up
is it worth giving it ago myself or should i just pay someone to do it
remember i havnt got much electrical experience

cheers bob

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1978 NUGGET GOLD 1275 LS

Dead easy- it should be colour coded the same as the wiring diagram - follow your nose ( and the diagram ) The wires come out of the harness at the right points - you just then hook them up when the engine is back in . - Take a lot of colour photos of things like regulators etc before you pull the old wire off

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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!

thats the answer i wanted to hear
soit would probly be an idea to leave all the wiring in intil i get the newone so i can see where to disconnect the old one other wise it might not reach where it has to go would this be right
or is there connectors that i can just disconnect and the harness will go straight back to those points
cheers bob

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1978 NUGGET GOLD 1275 LS

The lengths and connectors should all be right where you need them. Only slight hic up I had was a couple of colours were not what they should have been - but when two wires where the horn should be are brown and black instead of purple and black and they come out at the horn push button I guess they will work.

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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!

sweet sounds ok
yea i checked that site for a ls they want about 450 for the harness
so shld be ok now i just gotta get the cash to buy that
i think ill wait till i get it b4 i take out the old one so i see where it all goes
thanks heaps for your help mate
cheers bob

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1978 NUGGET GOLD 1275 LS

This guy was selling a couple at the start of the month, maybe he still has them.

http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic ... ght=smiths

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Michael N