MK1 hazard warning switch
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Dear all,

I am changing all the plastic standard rocker switches in my mini to the classic metal and plastic toggle switches that the mk1's had.

I am just wondering, what sort of switch did the mk1's use for the hazard warning switch?

many thanks

Miles

they didn't have one.

As Andy says.....

Also, the Minis use a complicated switch (multiple contacts) to connect the two indicator circuits together and hence be able to use a cheap flasher unit so none of the MK1 switches can replicate this.

However, if you fancy a challenge you could rewire it all for a modern electronic relay that does all the fancy stuff inside the relay and then you only need a single pole switch (ie, like the single speed wiper switch of a MK1).

You would still need to add a warning light as well (it's built in to the normal switch, you would need to add an external one) for MOT rules. MOT rules apply even if the vehicle pre-dates the requirement to have hazards, once hazards are fitted, there must be a visual warning.....


EDIT - just a thought, there may be another vehicle of that sort of age, but of a higher specification than a Mini that has a suitable multi-contact switch - that design of switch was used by a lot of UK vehicles back then (my S3 LandRover has them but, again, no hazards, but something nearer the top end of the market might have done).

EDIT2 - you could also use a standard double make/break relay (plus one normal relay) in conjunction with a MK1 switch and standard flasher unit. The relay would mimic the complexities of the normal hazard switch contacts. It would again require rewiring (especially to make the warning light work only when hazards are on and not when indicators are on) but quite possible.

Edited by Rod S on 25th Nov, 2010.

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