Guest gooner52 Posted October 30, 2006 Report Posted October 30, 2006 ;) need help on this please took the gal out last night,and all of a sudden,all my inside lights went off.dash lights,console lights,drivers panel,passengers side also.. as well as number plate lights... fuse 28(3amp).was blown, so changed it ,and blew againi think i might have a naughty instrument dimmer switchwhen i disconect this switch,will my lights still come on ,inside the car all lights outside work finei have taken the switch out,but the lights still wont come on(but number plate lights are now workingalso when i reconect the switch,for a second the lights come on any input or ideas whould be great please ;) 2002 mk2 galaxy tdi auto also just had my rear light smashed not a good day ;) Quote
NikpV Posted October 30, 2006 Report Posted October 30, 2006 umm so you are suddenly getting a short which blows the fuse - have you recently knocked the dimmer ? wonder about those lights in the doors - must get their power through the rubber boots - wonder if you've got a short in those wires - try manipluating the drivers door boot and try another fuse ;) Quote
Guest gooner52 Posted October 30, 2006 Report Posted October 30, 2006 the dimmer swith is now out,and number plate lights are workingyes i have caught the dimmer switch got one on order from frauds Quote
Guest MATT jr Posted October 30, 2006 Report Posted October 30, 2006 do you think your drawing too much through the switch? MJR Quote
Smilge Posted October 30, 2006 Report Posted October 30, 2006 Pretty straight forward this Gooner .... switch connected ...fuse blows switch removed .... fuse OK but cluster lamps not working You have a short somewhere .... have you got a meter that can measure resistance? You can then find which pins to measure and check that the track resistance does not read 0Ω during movement of the pot. This would indicate a short. Without a wiring diagram for the Gal I cant tell you where to go next but I would tend to isolate the next stage of the circuit by disconnecting a plug and then con checking pin to pin to make sure there were no shorts. I'm waiting for a TIS disc of MO4 and hopefully there should be some wiring diagrams on that. Hope this helps a little Gooner Bleeno Quote
Guest gooner52 Posted October 30, 2006 Report Posted October 30, 2006 hi bleeno yes it does m8 thanksbut found the old switch is naff :D ed anyway so i will need the new onewhich i will be pickin up tuesday then will take it from there thanks for all your help bleeno i will get back to you on this tanks m8 :D Quote
Guest gooner52 Posted October 31, 2006 Report Posted October 31, 2006 hi bleeno pulling my hair out with thiswell wasted Quote
Smilge Posted October 31, 2006 Report Posted October 31, 2006 Sorry mate this is where I need the TIS disc to be able to help .... any chance you can post the diagrams you are looking at so I can have a look now? Quote
Guest gooner52 Posted October 31, 2006 Report Posted October 31, 2006 hi guys all sorted thank god :P spoke to a m8 at fords,and he told me to connect a bulb to the fuse holder number 28 ,and go round the car,when the light goes out ,thats the problem well i did and it was a short ,on the passengers door panel,i had put in a 7000mcd blue ledand the wire had came away and was touching the 12volt feed anyway,all sorted now will put the car all back tomorrow,if the rain holds off big big thank you to bleeno and nikp(you are both stars) cheers guys Quote
NikpV Posted October 31, 2006 Report Posted October 31, 2006 so is there a dimmer switch on ebay yet then :D :P :D glad its sorted :P :D Quote
Guest gooner52 Posted October 31, 2006 Report Posted October 31, 2006 ill keep it and put some blue leds in it :P Quote
NikpV Posted October 31, 2006 Report Posted October 31, 2006 ill keep it and put some blue leds in it :P make sure the wire doesn't fall off :D :D :P Quote
strouf Posted October 31, 2006 Report Posted October 31, 2006 ... he told me to connect a bulb to the fuse holder number 28 ,and go round the car,when the light goes out ,thats the problem ???? Could you explain this , please? Quote
Smilge Posted October 31, 2006 Report Posted October 31, 2006 :) glad you fixed it m8, could see that turning into a nightmare! Strouf, by placing a bulb in the fuseholder was just an indication that the circuit was drawing more than 3 amps which would have blown the fuse. By disconnecting various plugs in the circuit, you isolate the short to earth or short to another wire. If the light goes out, the short must be forward of the disconnected plug or unit. Quote
Guest gooner52 Posted November 1, 2006 Report Posted November 1, 2006 quick update car all back together,all ok and thanks again for all your help ps..booster working fine Quote
strouf Posted November 1, 2006 Report Posted November 1, 2006 ... by placing a bulb in the fuseholder was just an indication that the circuit was drawing more than 3 amps which would have blown the fuse. By disconnecting various plugs in the circuit, you isolate the short to earth or short to another wire. If the light goes out, the short must be forward of the disconnected plug or unit. Nice trick ! Now that I know, I can work at a ford dealer java script:emoticon(':lol:', 'smid_18'):16: Quote
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