No dashboard/internal lights.
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No dashboard/internal lights.
I have changed all the bulbs.
i have checked all the fuses.
i have checked all the earth points(above the fuses)
I have "borrowed" a rocker/dimmer switch off another MK1.
And still no candles inside the car.
MY interior light works and the bulb inside the rocker switch is working.
Can anyone shed any " light" on the problem.
Thanks folks.
skid.
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Local Hero
I'd check this and trace back until you find the supply voltage.
Have you made sure all the connections are made on the back of the headlight switch (seem to remember the main connector as well as a single spade)
From Haynes the feed to the dash lights comes from contact 58b on the headlamp switch from the dimmer control. I'd start there and see if you have power.
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I had same problem - got 12v at term 1 so ended up having to buy new clocks :cry:
Andy
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1962 Rover P4 80
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I check the 58b connection Crazyquiff and no power coming out of that 8O .
As i said i tried a friends, rocker switch and it made no differance.
Any more advice or places to check before that connection.?
hopefully this will mean that the problem is before the switch and i wont have to take the clocks out again and source a replacement set.
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Had it all in bits and the bulbs look OK and checkout fine for continuity. Getting 12v at terminal one on the loom connector. The back of the clocks look fine with no apparent damage, this must be the most simple circuit in cluster, what is there to go wrong?
Can anyone think of any problem with patching in a fly lead from another lighting supply direct to the bulbs???
Don?t fancy trying to source a late diesel instrument cluster.
MK1 electrics eh, and just like the GTI the reverse lights don?t work!!!!!
1983 Mars Red 1.8 Golf GTI
1987 Alpine White 1.8 Clipper Cabriolet
The trouble with doing nothing is that you never know when you are finished.
1987 Alpine White 1.8 Clipper Cabriolet
The trouble with doing nothing is that you never know when you are finished.
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Re: No dashboard/internal lights.
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1983 Mars Red 1.8 Golf GTI
1987 Alpine White 1.8 Clipper Cabriolet
The trouble with doing nothing is that you never know when you are finished.
1987 Alpine White 1.8 Clipper Cabriolet
The trouble with doing nothing is that you never know when you are finished.
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Guess what it was the rocker/dimmer switch ops: 8O
Even though i tried my mates one(which must be knackered too…….he hasnt used the car for a few years either and is for a surpise) i got one out of a late 80s polo and had to cut a pin off but it worked.
lights are a bit dim but somebody mentioned fitting bigger dash bulbs.
Main thing is i can see what speed i am doing now
Many thanks for the ideas folks.
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Think my first point of call is too check my dash dimmer.
Thanks Skid you done alot of research for me here.
At least the stones rolling.
I'll keep you posted on how I get on
I used to own a mk1 - well I've had 2 actually - YDU 720X & SMU 420Y. Currently I drive an 98 Scotia White Mitsubishi Evolution V RS…. fancy getting another mk1 someday
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I used to own a mk1 - well I've had 2 actually - YDU 720X & SMU 420Y. Currently I drive an 98 Scotia White Mitsubishi Evolution V RS…. fancy getting another mk1 someday
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GSF have it for ?6.50 +vat….and had one in stock…so I bought it!! Now I have a nice bright switch but no illumination on the other side. GSF don't stock the hazard, fog or rear demist they say.
Back to VW and an expensive pruchase!
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I?d test with a multimeter to make sure 12v is getting where it should be before buying new switches, esp if they are from VW.
1983 Mars Red 1.8 Golf GTI
1987 Alpine White 1.8 Clipper Cabriolet
The trouble with doing nothing is that you never know when you are finished.
1987 Alpine White 1.8 Clipper Cabriolet
The trouble with doing nothing is that you never know when you are finished.
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Here is the part that I cannot figure out: even though I have clipped the grey/blue wire at the switch and at the connector to the ashtray/blower panel, I still have some type of connection from the isolated wire to the binnacle backlights.
According to the wiring diagram, the grey/blue ties to a grey/red and another segment of grey/blue. Where is this connector? It looks like the wire bundle is just that - wire bundle with no connectors across wires.
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Now I understand
1. Radio is dead - got shorted somehow and blew a trace that took out some type of power delivery component internally. This would explain the parasitic current drain whenever the radio was plugged in.
2. Heater control mounts are broken
3. Speedometer drive gear appears to be in working order
4. Found the rest of the fried BLU/GRY wire behind the instrument cluster. Much to my surprise is the multi-wire junction taped in the wiring loom behind the instrument cluster. Guess that answers my previous question. I reconnected everything and now have functional dash light (minus dimmer - who cares anyway?)
The cluster lights had burnt out from the initial short circuit. So I replaced them with white LEDs. I also took out the green filter film on the top side and replaced it with a clear film lightly sanded to disperse the light. Looks crisp without too much bling.
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