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[liirge]

Earthpoints not a really big problem make sure the contact is secure and clean! thats the biggest issue!
Im orff to bed, good night you 2!

[shorty]

gotcha good clean points are a must

good night

[redhotminilewis]

okay sounds good.

cya liirge. good night.

so how much do u reckon this is gunna cost altogether?

[shorty]

well i spent 17 quid on the wire, fuses, fuse holder, ring terminals, spade connectors

still gota buy the heat shrink

buying the ring terminals will either come as a pair or in a box of a fair few
and depending on what fuse holder you are able to buy you may need spade connectors to be able to put the fuse holder in between the wires

[redhotminilewis]

yh, sounds like the best part of £20 lol.

not bad at all for a cigerette lighter. well i dunno if i will be able to get the parts 2moro because i cnt get a lift so if you do do this 2moro PM me bout how you get on and take sum pictures of the solenoid connection or summit lol. create a better guide then the minifinity one lol.

[shorty]

better part of 20quid but an intersting convo with the motorworld bloke on cars lol

yeh i think i will make some sort of progress diary type thingy

you not able to get the bus down or anything then?

[redhotminilewis]

actually i think i probably could. ill have to take a strol down to my local bus stop and see if it can take me there. really wana do this now lol. i probably wont ever use it but its guna be a learning curve. something i need to do because i really wana get into proper mini restorations and i just lack knowledge and experience.

or i cud beg my GF's mum to give me a lift up there. that would be sweet lol.

[shorty]

haha begging is always the way lol

im very tempted to fit mine now although mine will be used for charging satnav/phone and runnin my cb radio
so its worthwhile for me to have one in my car.

it will come in handy at some point

[redhotminilewis]

yh. always good to have the facility there. did you say that you are going to run a CD radio of it? how will you do that?

[shorty]

lol no not CD radio i said CB radio haha

[redhotminilewis]

oooo ryt lol. wats a cb radio? lol.

ive just had a thought. if i connect up the 27 amp wire and put a spade splitter could i run one lead of to run the cigerette lighter and the other one to power my CD radio with?

[shorty]

there like walkie talkies only can operate over a longer distance, lorry drivers have them.

urmm i can't help you there, is your radio not wired up then?

[MiniMonty]

Check this link for a step by step on fitting a lighter....

http://www.minifinit...e...207&t=77888


Best wishes
Monty

[shorty]

bit late for that monty its already been posted twice at the start of this thread

[shorty]

my little guide of todays work on fitted cigi lighter in

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remove splash guard

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attempt to locate starter motor with main feed from battery

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discovered this on my carb lol no relevance to cigi lighter

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location of starter motor behind the grill...oh joy

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grill removed..easier than i though lol

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main feed located..i hope (if anyone who knows sees this tell me this is the right one to connect it to please lol

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my poor crimping skills but 8mm ring terminals fit perfectly on to the bolt that the main feed is connected to

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heat shrink tubing applied - also applied to every other terminal connection

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live wire now connected up an nut tightened fully

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location of internal release for bonnet ideal for cigi live wire as it was closest one.

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wire through hole and into the car finally

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blue thing is location for earth wire

would of finished it and actually have it fitted only i didn't have a mounting bracket for the lighter so i left it at that

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Edited by shorty, 02 June 2009 - 04:38 PM.