Hi guys. My 69 Cooper has a non original indicator switch ie. it has the forward & back motion for the high & low headlight beam. It is working fine but in the interest of originallity are the correct ones with the bullet connectors available.
Cheers

Have a look here, John might have the one you are after. http://minikingdomonline.com.au/product ... ch-panels/

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Nick

http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=86675

some of the MK2 Cooper S`s had that type of switch that you mentioned, but the hi-lo beam switch was still used on the floor
the factory simply cut the "non-used" hi-lo beam wires off the later switch

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

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Yes as Miniman says. There have been people who have thought that a previous owner must have butchered the wiring and added the footswitch. When in fact the factory deliberately cut the wires on the loom. The story I have heard is that even though the option was there for the hi-lo on the stalk whoever was in charge at the time decided to stick with the footswitch.

So it may well be the correct indicator. I'm not that familiar with the Mk2 Minis. Did they eventually remove the footswitch and use the indicator stalk?

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68 Morris Cooper S Mk1 (*ex 78 1275 LS 4th last built, 70 Morris 1500 OHC & 70 MiniMatic)

Maybe it was one of those coffee ring incidents from the Quality connection video.

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Nick

http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=86675

...maybe, ...story i heard was that whoever it was just felt the foot-switch was better option and that was that.

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68 Morris Cooper S Mk1 (*ex 78 1275 LS 4th last built, 70 Morris 1500 OHC & 70 MiniMatic)

Another one of Winabbey's excellent threads:

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=88381

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The real reason for disabling the flasher facility by cutting the wires was to comply with Australian motor vehicle regulations at the time. But, as you'll see in the SLS below no-one checked to see which State or States it applied to. It appears South Australia was the 'villain'. We know S.A. was also the first State to mandate guard flares on the Cooper S.

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ex-NSW Police 1970 MK II Cooper S
VMCI #43

Would the early Mk2 S cars made before this came in have the floor switch?

My September 1970 MK II S has the floor switch and cut flasher wires. I'm not aware of any factory directive to stop cutting the wires.

When did the floor switch on the Mini disappear? When did headlight flashers appear as standard on the Mini range? I may have the answers somewhere but not at hand.

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ex-NSW Police 1970 MK II Cooper S
VMCI #43

My mini K made June/July 1969 has the floor switch and the cut high beam wires in column stalk.

Now the early versions of that switch also had the metal cap, yeah?

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

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Ok I'm a bit confused. I had a very late 78 mini which still had the same trafficator arm as we are discussing here, yes?
As far as I recall you couldn't "flash" the lights. The switch just moved forward and back for lo and hi. Is that right?? The only way you could "flash" was if the headlights were on and you switched to hi beam on and off, and you can do that with a floor switch??

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68 Morris Cooper S Mk1 (*ex 78 1275 LS 4th last built, 70 Morris 1500 OHC & 70 MiniMatic)

My 1971 Mini K had no floor switch. Hi and lo beam was selected by moving the indicator stalk forward or back. However the "flasher" wires had been cut..

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67 Deluxe
Dry suspension
1293cc, 11:1 comp, RE 282 camshaft, 45 Weber, extractors etc
4 synchro close ratio gbox
Cooper S brakes, no booster
Stealth box, as Doc says "goes harder and idles!"
RH tank cos I needed it crossing the Nullarbor etc..

Yes.