The rebuild of Jemima Puddleduck

[minitim]

Looking very neat! Awesome stuff.

[jimmyjamjar]

At last ! Jemima now has power! for the first time in 17 years the lights have shone, Whoopee!. It was a bit of a mission as when I put the wiring loom back in there were all sorts of weird thing happening, no feeds to indicators, no connections between switches and other parts of the loom. So in the end I stripped the heater unit out again, removed the loom from the car and laid it out on the patio table and called in my friend who understand the dark art of car wiring. After a few hours of testing and testing, checking and other stuff I did not understand we put it all back again and after connecting the power back on from the battery urika there was light, and indicators and all those good things. Best of all no blue smoke!
Only a few things still to be done like wiring the driving lamps, the hooter and other minor connections. BUT I have a problem, the windscreen wiper motor is making the most horrible screeching sound, so I will have to investigate that.

Next step is to do the new headlining and get the glass in so I can now definitely see light at the end of the tunnel .

[DomMINIque]

Some say the wiring is the biggest hurdle of them all.
Congrats on getting that completed.

[jimmyjamjar]

THanx Dom, I really feel that progress is made. BTW do you know where I can get indicator side repeaters locally in SA as the loom has connectors for them and the wheel arches also have a dip for them to be mounted.

[DomMINIque]

As far as I know. Side repeaters weren't actually a thing on SA cars.
But if you are interested then you'd probably have to look at bringing them in.

[jimmyjamjar]

Yes I know they were not put on Leyland Blackheath cars but my wiring loom has sockets on the lights end of the loom so it would be easy to fit and as I said the sportpack wheel arches have a place to fit them so as you say In will possibly have to bring them in. My car is not going to be a 100% authentic job anyway.

[jimmyjamjar]

I decided to fit a remote bonnet release mechanism as I have never liked the ease with which anyone can open the bonnet. I looked at the ones sold by Mini Spares etc. but they are very expensive so I made my own by reversing the unit and bending the existing catch lever and cutting the lever shorter. Then I made up two brackets with home made Bowden cable terminators . I used a bicycle brake cable and epoxied  a plastic knob onto the one end. The cable is routed through the firewall just below the windscreen wiper motor round the left side of the engine bay. It work very smoothly the only disadvantage being the pull knob inside the car is on the passenger side but that is not such a mission in a Mini to reach over and pull. I am please with the result and will feel a lot safer knowing access to the engine bay is restricted

       

[Jared Mk3]

I like that idea

[DomMINIque]

Definitely an awesome idea!!!

Love it

[MDG]

Hi Jimmy

If you stuck with wiring, I can try help. Shout if you need assistance.

Googled these links:

https://www.minimania.com/Mini___Cooper_...ms_On_Line
http://absolutemini.com/classic-mini-wiring-diagrams
http://www.classicminidiy.com/toolset/electrical
http://www.love-mini.co.uk/resources/wiring-diagrams


Btw, are you happy with the sound deadening? What did you use?