Not directly related to your quest, but many years back while taking part in discussions with the GoMoG web site`s moderator trying to find an issue with his +8`s EFI system, he ended up opening up the wiring loom to find a fuse wrapped within...????
Given that was a long time ago and my memory was never great and the ageing process is unlikely to have improved matters.... at the time I remembered coming across a similar situation of a fuse within the harness of a BL mini, that it seems at least back then if not still, there are possible issues that do not match imagined best practice even outside the MMC , who I suspect made use of partial wiring systems from the engine donors vehicles as EFI became more common. I have also read all be it some years back where wires changed colours via a loom joint on a vehicle wiring untouched from new, reported by a TM stalwart..
All second hand info, though not in the case of the Mini fuse.
Good luck in finding the source of your ..err...foible.. and thanks for sharing in such detail.
