Help needed please - Electrical Gremlins

[s111dpc]

Hi there,

I have a bit of a problem, when cornering hard around right-handers (roundabouts for example) the all the warning lights on the dash come on and the dials seize momentarily.

This also cuts the power to the cigarette lighter, however does not appear to affect the engine electricals.

After a moment the lights return to normal, but the dials reset themselves starting at whatever speed / rpm I was doing at the time, i.e. if I was doing 20mph then when I'm actually doing 40 the speedo reads 60.

When I stop and turn the engine off the dial reset themselves and all is well again.

I am wondering if this could be down to a loose battery fitting or maybe the battery needs changing.

Anyone out there have any other ideas of have experienced similar.

Many thanks

Dave

[s111dpc]

Hi folks,

Sorry to put this on again, but has anyone got any ideas?

Cheers

Dave

[rfoster]

Loose battery was my first thought - possibly a bad earth from a loose connection that's magnified depending on which way you're turning!

[philygumbo]

s111dpc said:

Hi there,

I have a bit of a problem, when cornering hard around right-handers (roundabouts for example) This cuts the power to the cigarette lighter.

Anyone out there have any other ideas of have experienced similar.

Many thanks

Dave

Don't use the cigarette lighter on roundabouts.
But seriously you may find the answer by trawling through the archives, this has probably been asked before. Try also the archives on SELOC.
www.seloc.org/

Phil.

[s111dpc]

Cheers guys, traced the problem to a loose battery. Looks like it is too small for the clamp, I have managed to wedge it in place for now unitl I can get it fixed properly.

[S Works]

Get it sorted mate - if it shorts on the chassis it's very bad. Ali fires burn quite well.