Comments on: Mini wiring loom nightmare - rewiring and tiding

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:04:06 +0000

Hey, mini madness eh? Just got myself one, always wanted one and so finally did! Friends and family alike told me they’re a bad first car because of the nightmares they cause but here I am anyway… Hit a deep pot-hole and something in the beast herself is messed up now so the ignition isnt responding and I can take the key out of the ignition and the engine stays running, like keeps trying to turn itself over, and to turn th car off I have to disconnect the battery, and when I reconnect it it’s like I’m firing the ignition, ugh… So anyway, gonna have to rewire the whole damn car, is it as much of a pain in the ass as I kinda expect it to be, and will I be able to do it myself do you reckon? Cheers, Sam

By: Daze

Daze — Thu, 03 May 2007 08:24:28 +0000

Exactly - an old loom is usually the cause of those break downs on the side of the road!

Your advise is sound. I am doing one wire at a time at the moment and it seems to be working well. The loom is a lot tidier now than it is in the photo I took on this blog post. I have also bought a handful mutlipole/mutlipin connectors which is making life easier. The idea with the cable tie labels and bullet connectors worked (in theory) but didn’t improve the tidiness of the loom itself. The multi connectors are the way to go.

An update about all this coming soon anyway

By: Pistol Pete

Pistol Pete — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:08:46 +0000

Found you by accident but glad I did, sounds like we have similar ideas and problems. I’m about to remove my heater and thinking of just replacing the whole of the loom while I’m at it but you’ve put me off a bit now! Dreading touching the loom anyway but I know it can be a source of headaches and break downs so something that should be looked at really.

It might be too late already but best advice I could give you is do one job (or should that be wire) at a time or you’ll get in a right mess…could be too late though!