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Evening all…
Slowly making progress but have run into another problem.
When I bought the car the previous chap had fiddled about with some of the earth wires under the dash. He could not remember why. I had about three exposed which meant I had no indicators working on the car.
Electrics isn’t my thing so I got a chap round and he got them going by reconnecting them. All was good, indicators working.
So I’m prepping for Mot and switched the side lights on, and on come the two green indicator lights dimly. I tried the indicators and they still work fine albeit with a light show.
I have no dashboard lights.
Spoke to electrician and he thinks it’s an earth problem or maybe within the circuitry of the instrument panel. I’ve purchased a replacement just in case.
I can also see a bare black/red wire under there which I don’t know what it is. Electrician not being that helpful tbh, which is a shame given what he charged me!
I’ve attached a YouTube clip which shows it all except me working the rheostat.
Car is a 1985 W123 300TD any help appreciated.
Dot
Slowly making progress but have run into another problem.
When I bought the car the previous chap had fiddled about with some of the earth wires under the dash. He could not remember why. I had about three exposed which meant I had no indicators working on the car.
Electrics isn’t my thing so I got a chap round and he got them going by reconnecting them. All was good, indicators working.
So I’m prepping for Mot and switched the side lights on, and on come the two green indicator lights dimly. I tried the indicators and they still work fine albeit with a light show.
I have no dashboard lights.
Spoke to electrician and he thinks it’s an earth problem or maybe within the circuitry of the instrument panel. I’ve purchased a replacement just in case.
I can also see a bare black/red wire under there which I don’t know what it is. Electrician not being that helpful tbh, which is a shame given what he charged me!
I’ve attached a YouTube clip which shows it all except me working the rheostat.
Car is a 1985 W123 300TD any help appreciated.
Dot