Mur, the sky is blue I saw a patch this morning. Picked Alex up at church in mini you would think the circus was coming to town. People need something to smile about this late spring. In the 20s this morning wondered if the girl would crank. Second try no choke leads me to believe carb needs a look. Anything that can be done to a mini can be done wrong. Just cause I have never seen it don't mean it won't come in next week. The Lower dash rail should have a pad covered with vinyl and the upper is just vinyl covered as are the A s. There is some times a wad of foam rubber at the top of the A left side where the wires run. I work from bottom and top with coat hanger hooked at end to fish that mess out hook the two together and you can clean it out the pull top one down hook the harness and pull it in. The head liner should pop out I forget which comes first. While my MK3 plus has the liner glued under the screen gasket other wise not run into that. Steve (CTR)

Why don't you just use some nails and silicone and run the harness on top of the roof? You would be done in no time.

I have the Heritage Certificate, my car was built in August of 1968 for the UK market.  It is a MKII Cooper S.  I'm thinking of replacing the headliner as the PO got paint on it.  It is really dirty.  Now would be the time to yank it out.  I did this on my MkI Cooper when I was in my 20s, very easy,..... today, not so much.  It took me an hour to pull the old harness out.  I do have som fish-tape or whatever it is called that electricians use.  I don't see how I can possibly run the wires through the front pillar though.  I may just run it on top of the pillar and then cover with vinyl.  How much of the headliner or roof will show if I just redo the headliner frames and then wedge them back into place without extending the material to under the winder seals?

Frustrated in Wisconsin.

UK MK 1 and ll had a two piece headliner on 2 separate frames.   Snaking the harness to the rear is only a few wires. What you do is tie the new harness to the old one and pull it through.  Also make a hooked tool out of safety wire so you can pull the harness down the C pillar near the back seat.

If the headliner is out, it's quite easy. 

I should say  easy for a 20 year old.   Add 40 years and I might not find it as easy.

Craig, although I did own a MkII Cooper S back in the day you know more about Minis than I do. But if its got stays and a glued-in headliner I don't think its a UK 68 MkII Cooper S.

Mousy

Having the headliner glued in sounds like a MkIII situation not a MkII situation. I think a MkII should have removable frames, front and rear, like a MkI. Post some pictures. There is something fishy here or the PO has bodged it up completely. With removable frames  like MkI  its very easy to remove and install the rear wiring harness. Its just a matter of feeding the wires through the hole in the A-panel up to the channel in the roof.

I'm restoring a 1968 Morris Cooper S and the headliner has been glues underneath the windshield and rear and side window gaskets.  Is this correct?  I know that the headliner is in a frame work and I had a hell of a time today removing the wiring harness that runs from the left side of the dash up the left side door pillar and along the body next to the headliner.  I think that it will be next to impossible to run the new harness via the same route.  I think that it would be easier to just remove the entire headliner and frame, route the rear harness then install a new headliner that does not go under the window gaskets.  Thoughts?

Randy, frustrated in Wisconsin.