Just Bought Mk2 Gal 2.3 Ghia Manual 52 Plate A Bit Of Advice Please

[evo]

Hey bought my first Gal after years of my wife trying to convince me they are worth having,finaly gave in and glad i have :rolleyes:.

1 small problem though the dash board lights dont light up when i have my external lights on or any of the lights on the doors eg electrik window lights.

Things i have tried.

Read the threads on this these forums and cant find anything to help ;)

tried to make sence of the fuses (im worse with car maintance than i am at spelling)

 

If anyone has and help i would be most gratefull Cheeers !! ! !!

[mumof4]

Have you tried the dimmer switch??..daft q i know....ahh..just re-read...doors aswell...id check fuses....

 

welcome to the club.!

[evo]

cheers for the reply and welcome. i will try and figuer out the fuses ...i just have no idea what the sybols are on the fuse key....

[big_kev]

MO4 is correct.

 

Interior switch illumimination will be brighter during the day and dimmer at night ( when you have your lights on it assumes it is night time ).

 

Your dimmer switch is turned down very low, try turning it up.

[Andrew T]

My dash lights are on the same fuse as the rear number plate lights (Fuse 28 IIRC) but aren't mentioned in the handbook. See if those are working and you may have your answer. However if that fuse has blown it could well be because the wire to the no plate lights has broken or chafed where it passes into the tailgate. Edited May 27, 2007 by Andrew T

[evo]

cheers for all your replys xD well the rear num plate lights are out as well....so any1 know where this fuse would be :lol: as i dont really understand Fuse 28 IIRC means Edited May 27, 2007 by evo

[mumof4]

IIRC= if i recall correctly.

[El Dingo]

He means 'Fuse 28, If I Remember Correctly'. :lol:

 

Do you have an Owners Manual - it's all explained in there... page 180 in mine.

Basically, the fuse box is behind the cover below and to the right of the steering wheel. Fuse 28 is bottom row, second from the left - it should be 3A.

 

(Thanx Mumof4!)

[evo]

Ok thanks. yeah i do have a owners manual and a well used 1 now after i looked for a Fuse 28 IIRC LMAO....And a bit embarrased :/

[El Dingo]

Ok thanks. yeah i do have a owners manual and a well used 1 now after i looked for a Fuse 28 IIRC LMAO....And a bit embarrased :/

 

Glad you found it... (he he he).

[gregers]

have you just bought the car privately or from a dealer?if dealer then take it back and let them find the problem.

[evo]

ok fuse all sorted :/ ad the car was bought the car privately hopefully i got a alright deal B)

[mumof4]

since you have a manual, id sit down and have a read through of it, i did with mine when first got the gal..mine is soo dog eared and covered in oil its been read that many times.LOL.

[evo]

yeah i will do :) but by the time iv finished work cooked the tea got kids to bed i just wanna sleep LOL still tonight i will read the manual XD