Secrets of the Morris Minor wiring loom 

I worked at Lucas Plume street as a lad and I often made looms by hand. I knew the Lucas wiring colour code off by heart. A Yorkshireman called Ernie Shufflebottom (really) was the plume street garage reception guy a great character, happy days

Wow! Really interesting and highly informative, Thank you very much sir 😊.

Looks good so far thank you

Mom born in Sussex , England; she was a World War 2 bride, and returned to the USA! Being raised by my mom, I understand exactly about this nightmare electric diagram! Loved my. Mom!

Nice work.. great ,thanks

Wonderful and insightful presentation! Thank you for sharing! I have a 1959 LCV here in the States and appreciate your effort in helping the Morris Minor community and novices like myself! Cheers from Wilmington, NC, USA!!

Great content many thanks 🙌🏻

An excellent video, love the production, clarity and humour… I have met ‘Lucas Prince of Darkness’ and obtained some ‘Lucas smoke’ from him 😂 keep up the good work 👍

A brilliant video, well done. I've just bought a 1967 Traveller, so the knowledge I've gained from you will be most helpful. Paul Lucas.

Really good informative video: I love the tongue in cheek bit at the end about keeping originality when I can spot at least 4 un-original items under the bonnet.

Some very good tips, I also enjoyed the humour.

What a great video. Very interesting and well explained. I’ve got a Morris minor 1000 1064 2 door.

Nicely done and balanced between beginner and intermediate . I have worked on British cars for a long while and never caught on to the standard color code!

Great video, very informative and well presented, plus links are very useful.

That was helpful. Basics are explained nicely. Hoping to see some more videos from you :)

Nicely put together video with very clear instructions. Well done 👏

Very interesting. Always something to learn. Thank you

Love the humour

thank you for a well presented and informative video.

Hi mate thank you for a very interesting video I've always struggled with wiring stay safe

Very good. Some new tips there as well. Lovely.

Very useful indeed. Thank you, sir.

Very informative video

Excellent, very well explained!

Just discovered your channel and very much enjoy your videos, very clear and informative. Despite your intro, I very much feel that you do know what you are doing but are too modest to say so. I have a '64 Traveller (change over modrl) in almond green which I hope to return to the road and ultimately achieve a similar standard to yours. Thanks for the inspiration.

Great work, top class 👍

Brilliant! Thank you!

LOL, I am looking forward to doing my loom.

Just wanted to say thank you,I dont have a Morris Minor but I am recommissioning a 1965 Ford Cortina and want to rebuild the wiring loom and then include a fusebox,believe it or not the Cortina only had one inline fuse for the indicator circuit! My car was originally Positive Earth it has been converted to Negative Earth before I bought it. Its funny you saying that about the wiring looms colours as mine are the same colours. My main power feeds are brown id of thought they would be Red but it appears the were Brown back then. My indicators are Green wires but no Red trace. The Problem I have is i dont know what gauge wire I need to buy I guess having another loom would make it easier but these days everybody wants a fortune for even a scrap loom. I just want to protect my circuits with a fusebox add an alternator (its still on a dynamo) and add relays for the lights etc so i can relieve the strain on the switches and fit halogen lights and possibly a radio? How did you draw your own diagram is that a special program? Thanks Jo (actually Jodie same as your car :) )

Very very good

Very good video. I am ashamed to say that even after 34 years of Morris Minor ownership, I never realised that it used a standard colour code for the wiring! It is so important to follow the correct colour coding when making changes. These are historic vehicles and the next owner will have no idea what has been done if random coloured wires are used. I get my wire from AES Ltd who will sell wire by the metre as your other suppliers do.

very good vidio.😊

The BS AU7 colour code standard for car wiring can be found in the Haynes Automotive Electrical Manual Handbook. Find a method of preventing water entry to those bullet connectors, hence the Prince of Darkness tag. The connectors seem to be in the most inappropriate positions like under the wings etc.

jodie you have done an amazing job i have no words to commemorate your work & details you have given in this video- i had a quarry is there any documents to find the thickness of wires that car harness need - for example a battery to starter would be a heavy gauge & teh dasboard bulb might need a thinner guage is there any calculations for these gauges given - that will set me through

Great Video !! I have a 1960 4 door with a lot of electrical "additions" by PO. A regular FRANKENSTEIN. Could you tell me what are the different gauge wires are used on the Morris and where ?? Thank You , Cam