Headlights are fugged.....Or is it a switch?
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Hi peeps..Gave the car a clean as im hoping to go to the kent meet on sunday...Accidently knocked the light switch and the headlights popped up and as i turned them off only one went down so i turned them on again one went up and one went down and now the passenger side wont come up again...Got underneath and twiddled with the adjuster then the light popped up even with switch off and then down again..Done that a couple of times but it still wont pop up with the other one..Ive checked fuses and relays i think the switch is knackered as when i wiggle it my dash lights go on and off..Any ideas please..Many thanks..mark
benebob said:
Check your relays and diodes. Next check your ground. Mine did that for a little bit but fixed itself with a jiggle on the diode. If all else fails just convince yourself your car thinks your cute!
MarkChange the diode and relays if that fails then change the switch. The diode is the cheapest thing followed by the relays, the switch is easy to do, but you have to find one.
Andy
Edited by Mr Tank on Friday 31st December 23:45
Thanks guys..Took the switches out and put back in..same with the relays and fuses and now i only have side lights with headlights if i turn it off and on quick..I have located a switch so at least that will be illuminated..whoops i meant illiminated..It did start doing the ole mexican wave..cheers..zig
Mr Tank said:
Mark
You certainly don't have a lot of luck with your car.
When you say you wiggle the switch, which switch is it? The main light switch in the switch panel or the indicator/ head light flash switch?
Andy
Lol - I was thinking the same thing! From experience with all things electrical it's either the switch, connection or the earth or any combination of the 3.You certainly don't have a lot of luck with your car.
When you say you wiggle the switch, which switch is it? The main light switch in the switch panel or the indicator/ head light flash switch?
Andy
Cheers mate..I think i will order one..some of the pins are missing and there are two red wires in one going into the plug..one goes into a plug that isnt connected to anything and im sure something is missing from my console..I have..Fan..Hazard..lights..fog and one that had a toggle switch that has been cut?..The square hole has nothing there..not sure whats missing..Also the stalk/high beam flash on the steering column only works when pushed forward and not back..Bit like my washer stalk..I think someone along the line has made a right pigs ear of it..Many thanks,,Mark
Hi chaps..Uploaded some pics of the centre console..Top right handside no switch and the plug on its own is not connected to anything..Bottom R/H/S two switches Upper.Fog Lower.Lights..Front of car with no lights is switch on 1st position..Lights on 2nd posistion..Cigarette lighter not working now..Just fitted a new one..Is the black the live or the white with black stripe(tried both ways)..The old one had both wires going into one fitting plugged into what is described on the new one as earth..The new one is exactly the same...Please excuse the mouse poo..its disgusting in there..needs a hoover..Also what is the black unit with the wires coming out of it..Any ideas please..thanks..mark
Edited by mrzigazaga on Sunday 2nd January 15:27
Nice one wedg1e..any ideas on the rest of it please...If your specific i can take some more pics but will have to be tomorrow...The relay board clicks when i operate the switch on the console..I am also having probs with the gauges..could it all be related..Im not very good at wiring but can follow instructions..Cheers..Mark
mrzigazaga said:
Hi chaps..Uploaded some pics of the centre console..Top right handside no switch and the plug on its own is not connected to anything..Bottom R/H/S two switches Upper.Fog Lower.Lights..Front of car with no lights is switch on 1st position..Lights on 2nd posistion..Cigarette lighter not working now..Just fitted a new one..Is the black the live or the white with black stripe(tried both ways)..The old one had both wires going into one fitting plugged into what is described on the new one as earth..The new one is exactly the same...Please excuse the mouse poo..its disgusting in there..needs a hoover..Also what is the black unit with the wires coming out of it..Any ideas please..thanks..mark
On the cig lighter, the solid black should be earth (all earths are solid black which doesn't help because on the early cars all the wiring was black, with tiny coloured sleeves slid on to indicate circuit function. Sadly after 30 years most of the rubber sleeves have perished and fallen off or are so discoloured you can't tell red from brown etc. so can be a bit of a hassle). So the black/white SHOULD be positive.The black 'octopus' thing contains a small bulb: the tentacles are fibre-optic strands that take the light to the rears of the switches to illuminate the legends. Bulb is an odd size as I recall: small threaded base but a big globe lens. Not much light output anyway which is why even when it's working you usually can't read the switches.
The fact that the headlamps are lit and one pod is up suggests that the fault lies with the pod motor that isn't rising - probably one of the connectors to it, or the internal switch or diode. Have a shufty at this really useful website (which is entirely non-profit-making, unlike some people's on here, the guilty know who they are
)...http://www.wedgeneering.co.uk/images/Lucas%20Pod%2...
Hi chaps..Managed to locate headlight switch,Hazard switch,Fog lamp switch,All were TR7..But what is the fan switch,It looks exactly like all the others but there is no pictures or listing for it..Can i use another say headlight switch or equivilent..Many thanks..Mark
Edited by mrzigazaga on Wednesday 12th January 12:08
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