Re-wiring the whole lot

Post by **youngun** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:05 pm

Ive now stripped the mog of all its electrics, everything has been labelled etc, but a few bullet connectors came unplugged on removal. The fabric braiding around the main loom is looking very tatty, are new looms with correct wire colours etc available?
Has anyone got any tips for re-wiring the car, i.e. procedures etc.

thanks,
YG

Post by **bigginger** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:29 pm

New looms? Yup, try the Mog shops

As for rewiring, AFAIK there's nothing special about it - it's the simplest loom I've ever worked on.

Post by **youngun** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:30 pm

bigginger wrote:New looms? Yup, try the Mog shops As for rewiring, AFAIK there's nothing special about it - it's the simplest loom I've ever worked on.

Aye, looked pretty simple to me as well......no digital clocks, ECU etc etc

Post by **jtd.75** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:49 pm

Hi, youngun like you say the outer braiding on the moggy wiring is usualy the only thing that needs to be renewed on the wiring if you are loucky

. When I stripped out the wiring on mine the braiding almost fell off. I just cleaned the wiring with a damp paraffin rag and tested it (metered) and then just recovered the loom with rubber tape followed by insulating tape and put on new bullet connectors ( I can hear the purists tutting out there now

) At least I know that the wiring is the right one for my car and I was able to add addition wiring to any new gadgets that I was going to fit.

Post by **Alec** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 6:07 pm

Hello YG,

if you decide, as advised, to re-wrap it. There is only one tape that is easy to use and neat and that is called, loom tape, believe it or not. You still need to use insulating tape to finish the end of the wrap as loom tape is non adhesive. Try any specialist car electrical supplier such as Holden or British Wiring Products.

A wiring diagram which will give you the colours of the various wires so you know what area of the car they should end up in. It is really pretty easy on a MInor.

Alec

Post by **aupickup** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 6:09 pm

ok
watch out for the looms, and decide carefully what mog shop you get them from, as the speedo light holders etc do not fit very well and are poorly made.
the loom itself is good
i rewired a van in 21/2 hours but took me an hour to fit the crap speedo holders and light bulbs

Post by **wibble_puppy** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:04 pm

you can get the correct replacement looms from Autosparks

Post by **jtd.75** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 6:36 pm

Yes at a price

Post by **forbesg** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:04 am

jtd.75 wrote:Yes at a price

Or you could build your own - But be warned it takes a lot of time!!

http://www.minormania.com/smf/index.php?topic=1027.0

-GRant F.

Post by **jtd.75** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:27 am

Yes but when you are retired time is what you have plenty of and in any case it only took me 1 hour to do it.

( strip off the old cotton braiding, seperate and test the wiring then clean rewrap and insulate)