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Alex C
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Joined: 20 Jun 2004
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Wed Sep 22, 2004 5:47 am |
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OK having had one bunch of things fixed for the MOT a week ago, yesterday I was parking at night and noticed that I no longer have any reversing lights! Is this likely to be down to the switch on the gearbox needing replacement/cleaning, or do the wiring connections sometimes work themselves loose? I'm hoping for the latter, but expecting the former :p Are there any other parts of the circuit that could have gotten buggered just by driving around? I've checked the fuse in the car, and the LH light bulb so far cause I was in a hurry (cause it started pissing it down!), but Haynes seems to reckon that the RH rear cluster is where the wiring goes on its way to the LH cluster, so I will check that when it dries up 
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Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
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Wed Sep 22, 2004 7:54 am |
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the loom for the rear lights runs along the drivers side and then onto the passenger side for the rear lights.
The switchs connector may be corroded, its on the bottom of the gearbox and green, can't miss it.
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JB
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Wed Sep 22, 2004 7:56 am |
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oh is that the connector you can see from the passengers arch going into the underside of the box? always wondered what that was |
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Chris H
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Wed Sep 22, 2004 8:00 am |
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Alex C
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Wed Sep 22, 2004 9:27 am |
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OK now I'm confused: Get into car and out of parking space - no rear lights. Drive 4 miles down the road, park up and notice they're working again.  The only thing I can think is that something has jolted the switch and knocked it into life again - am I right to assume that this most likely means that the switch is OK but the wiring connection is a bit arse? It's just that I won't easily get a chance to get under the car till the weekend, and I don't really want to loose all my gearbox oil in the meantime if the switch is broken. Will the gearbox oil leak out even when the car is parked up if the switch is duff, or only when on the move? |
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JB
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Wed Sep 22, 2004 10:33 am |
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its prolly just the connctor on the switch..it wont leak if thats the case...unplug it and spray wd40 on it for a quick fix |
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Chris H
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Wed Sep 22, 2004 12:19 pm |
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the switch will nto leak oil, only when you remove it to replace it. They do get oil in them which makes them not work eventually but it might just be the connectors its in an exposed location. |
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SpeedFreak
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Joined: 07 Sep 2004
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Wed Sep 22, 2004 1:03 pm |
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If your car was KIT it could have told you the instructions you needed to fix it!
I have car exactly the same as Kit a Black Transam, shame its only a corgi
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JB
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Wed Sep 22, 2004 2:14 pm |
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such a helpful post there freak |
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Alex C
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Thu Sep 23, 2004 4:20 am |
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Ahh thats OK then - I thought the switches might collapse when they fail or something. If I find it is the switch I'll probably just drain the box anyway cause me gears have stiffened up a bit since I had a dodgy clutch cable. I can live with intermittent reverse lights for a few days - just gotta remember to take it into account when other cars are around!
PS: Whatever freak is on I want some |
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