Hi guys,

Okay, so the wiring in my club an is an absolute mess, loose wires that go nowhere all over the place and a few minor shorts. So I'm in future need of a new loom.

From your experiences, what would be the best way to go about this?

DIY my own loom from scratch ( I'm quite competent with a soldering iron and have a basic understanding of electronics but would need a lot of reading assistance)

Order a loom pre made and try to integrate it to my car or,

Pay an auto Sparky to do a custom one?

If the latter, what's a rough cost?

Cheers.

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1975 Leyland Clubman -1320cc

Main thing is to have a wiring diagram to suit, it will be an immense help.

You could have a go at cleaning it up, follow the stray wires and if they're not original bin them.

Years ago i had a Morris van that someone had mashed Leyland electrics and dash into very poorly. I stripped it all out from the dash and engine bay, pulled it all apart and i had a spare complete loom as well. Following the manual i re wired it 1 by 1, all the correct connectors, lengths and colors.

And make sure all connections and earth points are clean to prvent future headaches.

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Dean Hutton's first car was a Mini.

i think my current one is a lost cause, previous owner home job gone horribly wrong.

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1975 Leyland Clubman -1320cc

They often clean up quite easily. They might look a mess but once you remove the extras and tape up the remains it can like new. There is not that many wires, they are fairly simple.

If you're reasonably competent its pretty easy to build one good one out of a couple of second hand ones. New ones are available and will have the correct coloured wires to match the standard colour codes, whereas its unlikely that one that an auto electrician would make for you would have. They are pretty pricey though.

You can also get those generic kit car and hotrod ones off ebay, I don't know what they are like and they would almost certainly need a fair bit of re-work to fit them well.

Tim

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1951 Morris Commercial J Type Van
1955 BSA C11G
1961 Morris Mini Traveller
1969 Triumph TR6R
1977 Leyland Moke Californian

Would one of these work at all?
http://www.keepitcleanwiring.com/produc ... ness-kits/

I'll have a good look at mine tomorrow, maybe post a few pics.

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1975 Leyland Clubman -1320cc

Wiring is pretty straight forward. As Tombo said, having the correct wiring diagram is the biggest issue.
When previous owners installing their extra equipment they usually use wire thats lying around, & 9 times out of 10 it's totally different to the orig mini wiring.
You'll probably find the original loom is still up to running the basics of the car. Check out the wiring thats comes and goes from the fuse box, this should give you a fair idea of the orig wiring. If you have loose wires that go to nowhere, get rid of them. Find out where they come from and go to, and remove them. There's nothing worse than excess going nowhere, especially if it's power shorting to earth and blowing fuses.

Also if you post a rough location in your profile you might have some fellow members close by that may have time to give some guidance.

Cheers Shane

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If it's not a Cooper S, the mini was designed to be modified!

Yes, but it won't just drop in, there will almost certainly be alterations needed to make it fit properly. Also you may not have a meaningful wiring diagram with it.

Tim

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1951 Morris Commercial J Type Van
1955 BSA C11G
1961 Morris Mini Traveller
1969 Triumph TR6R
1977 Leyland Moke Californian

I have a immaculant clubman wiring harness, no cuts or didgy wires, has been cleaned & retaped, ready to fit, PM me if your interested.

Doogie

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I won Hay once, here's the pic to prove it..


Hay, it's not about the car, it's not about the venue, it's about the people that come here. Peter Dwyer, Mayor of Hay NSW.

I would Contact Doogie for a good Price and make your life easy.
You can also vinewires

As Per obove
you could take you'rs out and redo it. Its not hard. Just a matte of marking everything. Cleaning each wire & having a good look at every mm of each wire. Test each wire & replace or repair with solder and heat shrink which I doubled each of mine
Don't forget Gromets

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

http://www.classicwiringlooms.com.au/

Front loom with 4 m of wire to do the lekky fuel pump, a modern blade 8 spot fuse box and all labelled and braided for $428 delivered. Took them a week!!

Highly recommended...

hooroo

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Rob Forsyth
Miniot!!

can you post a few pics of the harness? it may not be hard to clean it up at all. Ive got quite a bit of experience in mini wiring and removing imobilisers out of them.
i'm down rockingham way if you want me to take a look at it for you

clae

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- '74 Clubman Ute project

+1

I used these guys, they added in a stack of bits and pieces, upgraded wires where requested, included relays, new fuse box etc. They were quick, cheap and helpful.

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Cheers, Matt

Don't be fooled, Gruhms is not my real name.