One thing after another.....

Hi,

To cut along story short, l changed my tired mk1 1.6 diesel engine and fitted a lively 1.6 TD which with a little modification slotted in quite nicely.   …..That was the easy part…  

Afterwards l found the manual operation system for my radiator fan had packed in, l`ve since redone the wiring and it`s now working…    

l`ve now had my mainbeam pack up….. :roll: ….l`ve checked all the connections, bulbs, earths, switches, relays,  fuses, fuse box and they`re working okay, what l have found is that there is no live feed to the mainbeam, the side lights and dip lights work, the column switch is okay, and l`m now at a loss…. :dontknow:

Besides redoing the wiring, fitting relays and using a manual switch to get them to work, does anyone have any ideas as to what the problem could be….

hopefully someone may know…..

cheers

kenny

Get back in that fuze box , are you sure you have power to the relay ? If so do you then have power toward the lamps , are you certain that a fuze is not to blame ?


Cheers………..

hi chudd,

Thanks for getting back to me, Since your reply l`ve checked the power supply to the fusebox, it`s okay the relay is working, you can feel it click on manually with your hand, ( l`ve changed it for a spare l know works just in case) the fuses ( numbers 21 & 22 according to the workshop manual) and wiring layout which l`ve followed from ignition- dipbeam stalk switch-fusebox-headlights seems to be okay, l`ve changed things, without neither fuses being blown at any time.

There isn`t a power supply to the headlights from the fusebox though but
l found the relay spade connections, and inside the relay itself oxidezed possibly from a previous water leak…so could it be the fusebox itself that`s gone faulty…?

If that`s the case, l have a complete mk2 wiring loom and it`s fusebox which was working okay and that came with the engine l`ve fitted, maybe fitting that may solve the problem….?

The fuse box wiring fittings are both different, or l`d swap the boxes over saving myself some hassle.

Any more thoughts….
cheers
kenny

l was driving home the other evening as the daylight started to go with no lights turned on, and was in traffic when l had to brake quickly, l noticed that my front o/s sidelight light was reflected in the rear window of the car in front, l checked it again at home and sure enough it did light up when the brake was pressed, the brake lights are working okay…..and now this is happening ?  

if it was previously happening l didn`t notice, or could it be that there`s more trouble brewing because of a short somewhere..?




kenny

Rear brake light bulb or bulbs are faulty or rear bulb holders corroded .

It shares the bulb with the side light and whats happening is when you brake its sending some power down to the side light .





Cheers…………..