Were the original dip switch's in the Mini K / Mk2 Mini's dated and marked with "Lucas"?
I know the early round based ones were, but not sure about the later ones.

My 6/69 K (approx.) has no date or even brand name on the dip switch.


I can't find the switch for the Mk 2 at the moment but now realise it should also have had a terminal block for the wires, like the K. Instead, the wires have non-original terminals where the pickup for the driving lights must have been made.
There wasn't a lot of insulation between the terminals and the metal floor!

Maybe this one...

https://www.classiccarparts.co.nz/index ... duct_id=47

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My Mk2 has the floor mounted dip switch, plus the indicator stalk has provision for dipper switch. How straightforward is it to direct the wiring from the floor to the dipper switch on the steering column?

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1970 Cooper S SPO41

You might start by connecting the factory cut purple wires. However you would be voiding the warranty.

I thought about doing that, and also wanted the high beam flasher facility. But the high/low beam on the stalk still only works when the light switch on the dash is "on" first.

I still get a giggle out of BMC/Leyland cutting the flasher wires on the Mini in 1969 when they had been producing the Morris 1100 with headlight flashers for about three years already.

Blame South Australia

Ha!

I just took some photos of the dip switch from my 1968 Mk1 Cooper S. This is what the switch looks like...

That is the same as one of my spares. Mine is HSAI though.

Thanks all for the info and photo's.
It is not that hard to change the dip switch from the original floor one to the indicator switch on the Mk2's or Mini K, but I would install a relay on the high beam. The Mk2 style indicator switch has a habit of melting down if used for the dip switch, especially if higher watt globes are used.