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[redminifish]

rover mini cooper 2000 1.3 sportpack
red full black leather full k & n sports gearbox sports exhaust

hi all users am new to the forum and in need of some major help with my new wipac front spotlights i have no idea how to install them as the previous cables i have in my car to power the lights have 2 ends and the new lights have 1 cable coming out!!!! so all in all i have 8 cables coming from the car and 4 cables coming front the spots?? any thoughts that could be helpful will be much appreciated thanks redminifish!!

[L400RAS]

All 4 multipugs should have either a blue and green wire, or blue and yellow wire for power, and a black for earth. As your new lights only have one wire, assume they earth through the body, thus ignore all black wires - you only need to connect to the blue & green or blue and yellow.

[stevede]

Just for your own peace of mind if you are using existig wiring.

Please check that a relay has been used and the circuit is fused correctly

Plenty of threads & diagrams about wiring spotlamps if you have a quick search

[L400RAS]

Just for your own peace of mind if you are using existig wiring.

Please check that a relay has been used and the circuit is fused correctly

Plenty of threads & diagrams about wiring spotlamps if you have a quick search

Good advice for 3rd party wiring, however this chap sounds as though he has original rover wiring, which will have all the fuses & relays already there. Just make the connections at the grille end.

[redminifish]

wow brilliant responses like i said new to this forum stuff but very impressed thankyou for your help and suggestions i shall put them in to practice tomorrow!
i have a new problem now shock from a mini! but my heating will not heat up at all it pumps air out but will not pump hot air out any ideas why this is happening mini madmen?!?!? all the best redminifish

[L400RAS]

i have a new problem now shock from a mini! but my heating will not heat up at all it pumps air out but will not pump hot air out any ideas why this is happening mini madmen?!?!? all the best redminifish

Heater valve has ceased in the closed position. On your 2000 MPi, the valve will be under the dash rail, to the left side of the heater. You need to get your head into the footwell to see it...

If you are lucky, you can just work the arm back and forth without disconnecting it, otherwise you need to remove, work manually or replace (expensive for an MPi...)

[minispaniard]

Are you pulling out the heater cable? (I think it's pulling on the later ones...)

if you are, check that the pipes going into the car are getting hot. if they aren't there's something wrong.

[L400RAS]

Are you pulling out the heater cable? (I think it's pulling on the later ones...)

Good point minispaniard.
Redminifish - do you know which knob to pull? (snigger)... pull out for heat:

Edited by L400RAS, 11 January 2011 - 07:57 AM.

[redminifish]

rover mini cooper 1.3 2000
thankyou for your graphic picture i was puzzled with what that nob was i just thought it was for the misses lol! the switch at the back connected to the cable does not feel like its doing much moving and the pipes going from the engine are hot but that could just be the heat from engine heating them?!? also my dashboard clip which holds the top in above the lights is broken so dash is slagging a bit is there a straight replacement available or any other suggestions to get around this matter? thanks agen redminifish