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Problem with mk1 light conversion.
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 11:35 pm
by eoin murphy
hey there, ive got what used to be a 97 volcano orange mini.. ive had it for 7 years now its done a bit of sitting up and rusting and then ive done a lot of cutting and patching and fixing .. its on the road now running great nct and all and now im carefully tracking down the finishing bits..
i have a set of mk1 lights to go on .. speaking of which .. has anyone had problems wiring up the mk1 lights into the 97 loom .. we had aufull problems with them so i figured id ask around here. we tried all sorts of combinations with the wires but couldnt get everything to work together..
also how do i stick a photo up?
eoin murphy
Re: hi im new to the form .. problem with mk1 light conversi
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 7:49 am
by Laurna77
Welcome to the Forum Eoin, i'm sure you will get plenty of help here
Re: Problem with mk1 light conversion.
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 8:59 am
by The Marcos Graveyard
Hi Eoin and welcome to the Forum.
The lights shouldn't be too big an issue the only thing is that you are loosing a reversing light. If you have a Haynes manual it gives all the correct colour codes for the wires you need and it is just a matter of joining the right wires up.
All you need to know about putting pictures in your post can be found here.
http://www.irishminis.ie/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6534
Re: Problem with mk1 light conversion.
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 11:52 am
by woody
MK1 lights are wired the same as any other, make sure you have a good earth. AFAIK the reversing light is required for the NCT.On my woody I hahe matching chrome fog and reverse lights.
Re: Problem with mk1 light conversion.
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 11:58 am
by StanO'Toole
Re: Problem with mk1 light conversion.
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 1:18 pm
by Kenneth Murphy
StanO'Toole wrote:And by God it looks wicked!
coming from the guy wit a matt black
micrawave
welcome to the forum by the way eoin
Re: Problem with mk1 light conversion.
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 7:07 pm
by CLUBMANGT
Welcome along Eoin met you down at Alans place in Dundrum Acouple of weeks ago . I got him to do my seats , I was well pleased with the results
by the way I will pm you that guys number that I told you about ok
Re: Problem with mk1 light conversion.
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 9:46 pm
by eoin murphy
there you are you got the pictures there already .. its only a rat for now ... big plans here.. lots of stupid cool stuff to make and do.
Re: Problem with mk1 light conversion.
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 10:20 pm
by eoin murphy
Re: Problem with mk1 light conversion.
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 10:22 pm
by eoin murphy
Re: Problem with mk1 light conversion.
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 10:38 pm
by eoin murphy
that should do for now.. ill be havin a go with those lights again soon .. it should have worked maybe just seemed like there was a bad return or something but it all worked perfect with my lights .. any chance its a voltage thing or something like that.
Re: Problem with mk1 light conversion.
Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 4:34 pm
by beadles
Hi Eoin
welcome to the forum
i'm your neighbour in the yard in dundrum
regards
Niall
Re: Problem with mk1 light conversion.
Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 10:25 pm
by eoin murphy
hi niall... chatting about that bike we made.
For those who don't know Eoin he has gone the route thats coming into fashion with Minis... 'RAT'!! And by God it looks wicked!
