f40 cab Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 hi everyone, well few of you read post about my twin head light problem, welll lights sorted but in the process of fixing them ive now got another problem, so please help me , i topught id fixed it but upon driving the car my battery light was dimmerly lit and rev counter never worked so bck in engineby one of the terminals touced the body work and sparked , now i have no rev counter, battery light, hand brake light, fuel gauge, and no rear brake lights. checked all the fuses there fine dont think theres a relay for any of theses, so am now stuck as i cant see any problem , what could the cause be , would a switch burnt out and would that cause everything to stop working. please please help me as im stuck for ideas where to start looking, and carnt drive it with out brake lights please help. thank you. :icon_salut_gb: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sjc Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 hope youve cracked it with the relay, and hope it hasnt done much damage. I cant see any commmon points in all 5 faults, obviously all but the brake lights are connected in the dial cluster itself (incidentally one of the enable wire for the heated screen relay is taken from the alternator warning wire) but still cant see the connection with the brake lights, unless the brake light switch wire is close and has got a bit hot. If its not fixed with the melted relay change, let us know whcih wire it was that sparked, a quick spark to bodywork isnt going to overheat and melt a relay unles it welds it together....sorry to be a pessimist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f40 cab Posted October 3, 2007 Author Share Posted October 3, 2007 RIGHT AFTER A LONG WAIT FOR PARTS AND TIME OF WORK PROBLEM NOW FIXED ALTHOUGH IT WASNT THE FRONT HEATED SCREEN RELAY THAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM THE HEATED SCREEN NOW WORKS, AFTER LOOKING AT THE WIRING DIAGRAMS AGAIN AND TRACING IT BACK I CAME TO FUSE NUMBER 17 THIS IS FOR THE BRAKE LIGHTS AND INSTRUMENT PANEL. ALTHOUGH THE FUSE WAS OK THE WIRING UNDER NEITH WAS NOT BUT NOW FIXED AND RUNNING AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP AND ADVICE SJC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escortcabrioletclub Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 glad all come ok andy nice one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sjc Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 pleasure mate....just read it again and havent got a clue how I come up with the brake light wire getting hot....must have really been awake that day lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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