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[dhirsty]

I'm completely rebuilding my 1972 estate and I want to overhaul the car's wiring. I'd rather not spend £150(!) on a new estate loom, which may or may not be suitable for the replacement engine , so can anyone answer the following...

Would a replacement Estate wring loom be suitable for a much later 1275 engine? (i.e. alternator, not dynamo for instance)

What do I need to modify on the current (1972) wiring to match it to the 1275 engine?

How much is it likely to cost me to make up the loom myself? (has anyone done this?!)

Would it be easy enough to take the wiring loom from the donor car, match it to the rear of the current estate loom (and then add in the conversion kit for centre speedo)?

I could really do with some advice from someone who's done something similar...

[Guess-Works.com]

When you think about it, the wiring in the vehicle is nearly 40 years old...

The 150 on a new loom is money well spent... you could make one yourself but you have the problem of getting the right coloured wires for the right circuits and the right connectors etc...

If you took the forward circuit from a later model vehicle it should splice into the rear circuit of the estate, the wiring for a 1275 engine is no different to a 998, 1098 or anything else.

But, my advice, is if the wiring is looking that tired that you are considering replacing it, then a new loom saves a lot of time, money and hassle in the long run.

[jayare]

Autosparks will tailor a loom to exactly what you need so they'll be able to swap the dynamo wiring for alternator, add in extra circuits, etc. whilst keeping your '72 switchgear & clocks. which is something to bear in mind if you use a later front loom as is the fact that the later loom will be to fit a round-front Mini rather than the Clubman shape - there aren't massive differences but it will make it more difficult to fit and make it look neat and tidy.

As Guessworks said £150 isn't really a huge amount of money for a loom and certainly much cheaper than buying all the bits to make one yourself, not to mention the time and all the design work which will need to be done. Also the engine connections are all the same unless you want to fit an injected engine,

JR

[MRA]

A lot of the electrical issues can be pin pointed to failures within the harness.............. £150 is a good deal, however "additional" electrical services will add to the cost

[dhirsty]

Thanks all, I think I was really just trying to convince myself of the obvious - a need to replace the wiring loom entirely (especially whilst is is completely bare shell).