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Post by jamiejones on Apr 9, 2009 21:02:56 GMT 1
I know you can buy the adapters, but is there another way to fit the center clock?  |
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Post by ljonez on Apr 9, 2009 21:06:56 GMT 1
mini2infinity did a guide style thing a while back
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Post by jamiejones on Apr 9, 2009 21:11:10 GMT 1
Ye thats what dad said i hope he comes back on lol  |
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Post by Phil J on Apr 9, 2009 21:15:18 GMT 1
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Post by mini2infiniti on Apr 9, 2009 21:35:57 GMT 1
If you need a hand doing it give me a shout, Phil did ask me about it a while ago when I first did mine
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Post by jamiejones on Apr 9, 2009 21:43:12 GMT 1
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Post by mini2infiniti on Apr 9, 2009 21:46:06 GMT 1
If you get it running saturday pop round to sarah&deans (if they dont mind that is) and ill have it done within an hour easily
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Post by jamiejones on Apr 9, 2009 22:07:15 GMT 1
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Post by mini2infiniti on Apr 9, 2009 22:11:10 GMT 1
You do realise your paying £35 for 8 lengths of wire dont you? You will still have to cut the block connector off and join the 'conversion loom' (aka 8-lengths-of-wire) onto 8 bare ends of your mini's wiring loom. This :  Is this :  Which is wire I salvaged from a nackered computers power supply |
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Post by jamiejones on Apr 9, 2009 22:13:01 GMT 1
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Post by mini2infiniti on Apr 9, 2009 22:16:31 GMT 1
All you need is a voltage stabiliser and some bulbs, I have a carrier bag full of tidy wire if you need it!  A more recent photo of my speedo after soldering the wires instead of using lego bricks and hot glueing extra bulbs in place. |
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Post by ljonez on Apr 9, 2009 22:18:14 GMT 1
just dont bodge it and use terminal blocks  |
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Post by mini2infiniti on Apr 9, 2009 22:21:26 GMT 1
They are rated for 12amp and 250v tho  |
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Post by jamiejones on Apr 9, 2009 22:26:01 GMT 1
well it saves me a couple of £
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Post by ljonez on Apr 9, 2009 22:26:35 GMT 1
They are rated for 12amp and 250v tho yes but their designed for domestic use inside a junction box where the wires are secured and theres no vibration or moisture. |
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Post by welshjosh on Apr 10, 2009 12:02:49 GMT 1
Dont use blocks as i found out with my bike lol
The block half melted and the connection came loose and my lights were flicking on and off
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Post by jjitaljob on Apr 17, 2009 18:15:40 GMT 1
im using blocks on my back lights i wouldnt worry. wack some grease in there. they cope with much higher loads in a house.
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Post by welshjosh on Apr 17, 2009 20:29:27 GMT 1
y dont u crimp them or soilder?
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Post by ljonez on Apr 17, 2009 20:36:01 GMT 1
im using blocks on my back lights i wouldnt worry. wack some grease in there. they cope with much higher loads in a house. the load ain't a problem, its the vibrations cause the wires to work lose/ break, then you get live wires shorting out on body work etc them crimp connectors are OK and much better than terminal connectors but the only proper way to join wires is to solder them and shrink sleeve them. trust me I've seen what happens when dodgy wiring causes fires, for a few minutes extra work do it properly |
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Post by welshjosh on Apr 17, 2009 20:51:20 GMT 1
on my wires i got heat shrink crimps and then got black heat shrink to put over them as well They were free bcso they apeared in my bag after work:P |
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