Help PLEEEEEEAAASSSSEEEE

[Stealth69]

Any help appreciated :

My indicators stopped working the other day for no reason so I tought I would have a look aobut and see waht has happened, I have looked at the fues and everything is in order (tis fuse 15, 20amp), so I thought I would check the rest of the buttons...... ooohhhh sh1t nothing works other than the horn, soo to sum it up, I have a horn and 4 ways and not alot else from the steering column...

One word of note, the steering colum was moved that day, but only about 1" from where it was located and the wire from the indicator stalk still appears to be attached

Any ideas ?

thanks in advance guys

[gazzab]

per your other thread - try the ribbon cable first.
Next try the flasher unit in the boot
and then try the pcb above left knee.

[SlvrCrb]

almost 99% certain to be ribbon cable. done mine twice this year with exact same symptoms as yours. ribbon cable from tvr about £25, or you can get a maplin similar part for about £6.

1) take badge off centre of steering wheel.
2) loosen nut but do not remove completely. (saves yr teeth)
3) wiggle and tug st wheel until loose
4) remove nut and take off wheel.
5) remove cable and wonder why on earth TVR used 18 metres of it.
6) put new cable in and wrap around steering column (drop a spot of silicon on the connecters)
7) put st wheel back on, tighten nut, put badge back on.


hth

[TT Tim]

SlvrCrb said:

almost 99% certain to be ribbon cable. done mine twice this year with exact same symptoms as yours. ribbon cable from tvr about £25, or you can get a maplin similar part for about £6. 1) take badge off centre of steering wheel. 2) loosen nut but do not remove completely. (saves yr teeth) 3) wiggle and tug st wheel until loose 4) remove nut and take off wheel. 5) remove cable and wonder why on earth TVR used 18 metres of it. 6) put new cable in and wrap around steering column (drop a spot of silicon on the connecters) 7) put st wheel back on, tighten nut, put badge back on. hth

You missed...

.... Dig the glue out from around the connector.

Break connector

Buy new connector

Fit new connector

Kick yourself!

Job done



Tim

[SlvrCrb]

TT Tim said:

You missed... .... Dig the glue out from around the connector. Break connector Buy new connector Fit new connector Kick yourself! Job done Tim

too true

[Stealth69]

LMAO... brilliant, thanks people, I shall be taking some time off work to be doing this because I am a clot you just know I'm gonna run out of Sunlight and then drop bolts in the dark and loose them

Shall give you an update when I have found me bolts and untangled all 18m's of ribbon cable!

[Stealth69]

oohh will the ribbon fix the indicators ?

cheers

Tony

[SlvrCrb]

Stealth69 said:

oohh will the ribbon fix the indicators ? cheers Tony

nope just the steering wheel buttons. when my indicators went pete tong, the little box (technical term) just below/left of the steering wheel column needed a bit of a jiggle and it fixed it. I'll try and get a decent piccy up showing it.

[stealth69]

Sweeet, cheers mate ! ! !

[stealth69]

Sweeet, cheers mate, you can mail the piccy to me if you like [e-mail] if that makes it any easier ! ! !


I guess this will teach me to move the steering wheel.... GGRRRR

[Stealth69]

eerrmmm another stupid quesitoin from the newbie... where would I find the flasher unit ? !

Ta muchly

Tony

[Stealth69]

riiiiiight..... whoever wired the Cerbera up needs shooting, they are a mess..... Well the entire steering colum has been removed and the steering wheel is on the passenger seat Gives me time to clean it all I guess

Off to Maplins to get a new Ribbon cable.... and my god there is a lot of it aint there!!

[Tyre Smoke]

Let us all know the Maplins part number when you find out won't you?

[Stealth69]

LOL will do mate, am also on a mission to find them elsewhere, will post up when I find out where they are

[Stealth69]

OK, replaced the big cable at a cost of £35 and I still have the same problem........ could it be the cable that connects from the Steering colum to the connector under the dash ?

Any help appreciated or it's off to TVR (somehow)