Quick question - MK2 Golf tailgate / numberplate lamp probs

Quick question - MK2 Golf tailgate / numberplate lamp probs

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mulletmark

Original Poster:

1,181 posts

224 months

Thursday 15th May 2008
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help please!

Took the MK2 for MOT yesterday, no advisories (woop!) but failed on the two lamps which light up the numberplate light (didn't even know that was an MOT failure!)

... bulbs are okay, so before I start pulling things apart I thought I'd ask on here if anyone's come across this before and if it's a common fault / easy fix.

Any help appreciated, I don't mind getting my hands dirty but I hate electrical problems.

One love.

mulletmark

Original Poster:

1,181 posts

224 months

Friday 16th May 2008
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Nice one!

Cheers Dr. G - now let's guess what my Saturday morning is going to involve.

mulletmark

Original Poster:

1,181 posts

224 months

Saturday 17th May 2008
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Hey Dr. G

Just another quick thankyou. Pulled back the N/S boot and found that one of the wires had been trapped, now soldered back up again - I now have numberplate lamps.

Any idea how much of a challange it would be to replace that part of the loom - I'm not the best at soldering and don't hold out much hope for this fix keeping things together for too long.