Interior 2nd Gen Most liked posts in thread: Cant seem to find a decent wire diagram anywhere...

  1. LostDenverite

    LostDenverite New Member

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    photoputz83 New Member

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    i was thinking that myself but im in somewhat of a pinch to get this done. id need to order it in here. hauling my 73 cb500 yoshimura to a show on sunday.
     
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  4. rkw

    rkw Well-Known Member

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    I'm familiar with the site, and unfortunately starting from a few months ago, the diagrams are no longer there if you drill down and actually try to open one. There is another site that also used to work (http://wds.spaghetticoder.org/) but BMW has taken it down. Perhaps these are related events.

    If you need something in a hurry, you can purchase a one day access for $30 at: http://minitis.com.

    I haven't seen the newer Haynes manual that covers 2nd gen, but I have their 1st gen manual and the wiring diagrams are excellent: http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2005/11/the_haynes_manual_for_minis/
     
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    countryboyshane New Member

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    I have the Bentley manual and have to say the BMW wiring diagrams are pure horsesh1t. The amount of coding and lack of plain simple English is astounding. That's Germans + electronics for ya.

    You are probably better off having a helper push the brake pedal down while you probe at wires with a multimeter.
     
  6. MinifiniGirl

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    We have created a wiring diagram that we send out with all of our hitch systems from Minifini. If you message me with you e-mail I can send you our diagram.
     
  7. rkw

    rkw Well-Known Member

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    Here, I would put the blame on Bentley alone.

    The BMW wiring diagram (WDS) is an interactive computer program. You can click on connections, zoom in/out, view connector pin configurations, photo of location of a connector in the car, etc. Everything is hotlinked and you find things in a few mouse clicks. Bentley went into the BMW WDS and basically took static screenshots of all the diagrams and chopped them up to fit on printed pages. Really horrible. Haynes actually redrew the diagrams into something readable.