Mk3 Cab Dash Lights All Staying On

[Guest mrsters2000]

Hi i have a mk3 cab that i,ve restored over the last 3 yrs,its only a 1.4cvh but hey ho for a £100 can,t grumble! i,ve replaced the old dash for an rs1600i one but when the engines running all the red warning lights across the bottom stay on and when the ignition is turned off all go out except the brake light that slowly fades out..! any ideas please, its been in storage since 1993 and i,m determined to get in on the road by the weeks end [ make the most of our glorious summer ] lol

Steve

[Guest CHESSYDAVE]

have you also changed the clocks if so just plug old ones in and see if they do same if they do I could be a earth be careful I have just lost my to a fire due to wireing fault I restored her but now sad shes gone hope this helps

[Ollie]

Make sure the blue box just behind the centre speaker is ok and plugged in

That controls all the dash lights

Few on eBay

Worth a try :-)

[Ollie]

have you also changed the clocks if so just plug old ones in and see if they do same if they do I could be a earth be careful I have just lost my to a fire due to wireing fault I restored her but now sad shes gone hope this helps

Sorry to here that Dave :-(

[Guest mrsters2000]

thanks for that info, sorry long time replying ,but i,ve been working on it every second i get. the blue box you mention is green on this car and guess what? the big long multi plug was not plugged in at all... so i fixed that and hey presdo STILL THE SAME ..!is it worth cleaning up the conections that go into the fuse box from underneath.

spotted that someone had cut the BLACK wire and the BLACK with YELLOW stripe wires that go to the ignition switch and joined em wrong [bLACK TO BLACK/YELLOW and BLACK/YELLOW to BLACK ] put them back properly then the car would turn over but not start..! ive a feelin this car hates mm, might give up and get me mk2 out ;}

[Guest mrsters2000]

Been away to " SKEGG VEGAS" last week, came home Sat. To find the green control box I got off eBay had arrived, fitted it and it has nearly cured the dash lights staying on! Now only one stays on, must still be a bad earth. Taking it for it's mot later. Fingers crossed! I will try to put some pics up later ( if I can figure out how, totally useless on computers) give me a socket set any day!

[Himanshu]

This is most likely to an earth (ground) fault. Get a competent auto electrician they usually charge £50 p/hr. but it might be £50 well spent. These cars had a history of poor earthing problems.