Electrical help please

[keitht]

So...had r/h rear light out...checked bulb, fine...cleaned the connections...etc...replaced bulb come on, went off, come on..you get the idea.

Removen bulb and bent up connectors a bit...then nothing...

Continuity fine, earths fine...but only reading approx 1.6 vs off the grey/white feed.

Other side was fine, until I had a play with that..now approx 1.6v and no light....now have realised rear fogs don't work...nor the dash illumination...

All I need more problems....

Switch perhaps ?..break in the loom....any ideas..common problem perhaps.

Help please, Really could do without another issues with the Baur..shes on a warning as it is..!!!


Cheers

K

[nas80]

Clean the fuses in the engine bay.

[keitht]

Clean the fuses in the engine bay.

..that obvious avenue had totally eluded me..

Will try that tomorrow

Many thanks

K

[murran]

we talking about brake lights, side lights or fog lights.
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[keitht]

we talking about brake lights, side lights or fog lights.
buy one of these..... they're ace! i use mine on an almost daily basis!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Snap-Power-Probe- ... 4aab4135ad

rear light...problem exsists with switch on side or main.
Rear fogs, and dash illumination.

Can't be an earth as all the other bulbs in the rear units work fine.

[e21mad]

have you had a new stereo installed recently? or an alarm? I have seen many accidental parasitic loads because a ground or live was spliced in the wrong way.

[e21mad]

In my experience ...it is the last thing you worked on that is hidding the sudden fault...just food for tought:)

[e21mad]

In my experience ...it is the last thing you worked on that is hidding the sudden fault...just food for tought:)

[e21mad]

In my experience ...it is the last thing you worked on that is hidding the sudden fault...just food for tought:)

[e21mad]

In my experience ...it is the last thing you worked on that is hidding the sudden fault...just food for tought:)

[e21mad]

ummm...sorry for the repeat submit...no idea as to why

[keitht]

have you had a new stereo installed recently? or an alarm? I have seen many accidental parasitic loads because a ground or live was spliced in the wrong way.

Hmmmmm..I did take a feed for the stereo from the glovebox light. Splicing direct into the green wire.

I suspect something a little more sinister though...I checked the fuses as advised...and the 8a for the parking lights etc had blown.

Replaced and rechecked function...N/s rear light worked for several seconds..then died again...fogs now work as do dashlights.

Removed main lighting switch...clean and replaced. Still no rears, but everything else works...albeit with an intermittent N/s sidelight...haven't checked contacts for that yet.

To make investigation more awkward, my Multimeter has packed up...so need to get another.

If I can;t find the issue, I may just try a temp feed from the numberplate lights to see whether it the unit or the loom/switch.