I just returned home from a small ride and I had strange situation one moment. I had really hard braking to a corner and after that all th ilumination of the tacho, speedometer and other things - like boost, voltage and oil pressure just dissapeared with an exception of small spot of light in the middle of the speedo. After stoping and switching ights on and of a few times and moving the brightness regulator everything came back to normal. What was that???

 

Illumination voltage regulater has a bad connecti0on!! I'm pissed but trust me itthe elecftro luminesent box is going bust! the small light is the standard bulb for lightin mileage! not linked to lum inesent control box!

 

So, how can I prevent this from happening in future? Everything is working great and I am told my clocks look much better then on most Escos, apart from that incident. Schould I worry?

 

Mine did the same - diagnosis is correct.

 

Could you please tell me if I am to look for new clocks or repeir something? I can't really understand sometimes what you mean....

 

Where exactly id tyhe voltage regulator located?

 

The voltage reg is soldered on the back of the pack and then zip tied. Mine have gone and took a look the other day. Doesn't look that hard if you're handy with a soldering iron.

 

Cheers Fozy

SO what just pick up a new votage reg from Ford? Bout 70 quid aint they any FINIS numbers?

 

Had the same problem on my womans old escort, it was indeed the v/reg, ordered new board from ford, as said above about Ł70 but it took ages to come through due to the part being made came from a small company hence the time i had to wait

 

The instrument dimmer switch thingy is finis: 6833787 Price is Ł19.63
Not sure if this will fix the problem though

 

No it isn't this, it is the part described above as i have encountered this very problem and replaced the part myself and it is about Ł70 from fords

 

If its the illumination board thing then the finis is: 6748813 for 04/92-10/93 cars and 7003674 for 10/93-01/95 cars

 

TurboSystems fixed mine. But its old board out and new board back in and thats it - Good luck! The problem will get worse if u leave it and driving at night with no illumination is not very useful.

Mat

 

Ł70!!!!! halfords sell an EL inverter that performs the same job for a fiver!!!!

 

Mine did the same, Duncan at Automotive put in a new one, cost me about 60 squid, Give him a call, it was done in a couple of days.

 

Sorry Dude, didn't realise you were in Poland.

I'ts been a hard week!!!

 

No problem at all... It's really making me mad sometimes that I can't do things as easily as you. But I can drive much faster


Anyway, you all tell me that I am going to have to change the voltage regulator, am I right? Cleaning or anything like that wont help.

 

I had the same problem with my large turbo escort, you need to remove your main clocks containing the speedo etc.. Then open it up, you will see a small quite narrow electrical board, this is what is causing your problem, remove this (very carefully) get the numbers off it and Ford should get you one in a day or so for about Ł60 quid, also the small amount of light you are getting is from two regular bulbs put there incase the board fails.

 

I tried cleaning it up, but this did absolutely nothing, Mine were on and off like a tarts knickers, it's worth the money you pay to have it done Dude. Good Luck.

 

I had the same problem with my large turbo escort, you need to remove your main clocks containing the speedo etc.. Then open it up, you will see a small quite narrow electrical board, this is what is causing your problem, remove this (very carefully) get the numbers off it and Ford should get you one in a day or so for about Ł60 quid, also the small amount of light you are getting is from two regular bulbs put there incase the board fails.

 

I think only one bulb works - will change it.

I'm thinking about cleaning it because the problem apeared after a giant flood I had in my Cossie when one of the waterpipes from sunroof came loose - all the water flooded through electric things on the left side of the car (LHD). Maybe something just became dirty. Must check it, and probably buy the thing eventually.

 

I shall be stripping my clocks soon

Thanks very much people

 

Mine just stopped iluminating at all :-(

 

Just been to my local dealer and ordered one of these.... comes complete by the looks of it, Ł71 quid..... hope it works!

 

I got it, just have to convince my electrician to change it because he says its not it :-/

 

On the Mk 5 & 6 escorts it is VERY common to find water making it's way down the A-pillar onto the tracks in the fuse box, and the soldering looks like it has been done by a trained monkey anyway!. This could cause a whole lot of very funny faults. My friends Escort had the washer jets come on for no reason, stutter at 4k RPM, Sudden stalling of the engine - then it fired up again?!?!? Window switches controling the wrong windows, e.t.c, e.t.c So if the voltage regulator doesn't fix it, that would be my next bet.

Hope you get it sorted

 

no mate, it was done by untrained monkeys

 

Yeah the newer fuse boxes are alot better, mine has been replaced

 

Ah, this maybe the cause of my rear washer jet coming on when i use the fronts

ta

 

how easy is it to replace the fuse box?

any soldering to be done?

or is it simply unplug , unclip and fit new one?

 

I have the same, but I suppose it may be a problem with the pump itself. It schould pump only one way at the time and it doesn't.

 

Piece of piss Dave, You will DEFO be able ot do it I reckon, just bolting no soldering, I was very suprised mate, took me about ten minutes, the 4th time round lol (ford gave me the wrong ones first)

Micro cat listed the wrong ones for my car... mine was near 200 quid, but the ones which were wrong were alot cheaper and will prob be ok for yours

Just be sure to get one with the same 3 letter code next to the big long 94ABblah blah number

the 3 digits will be, abb BBA BAB BCA, something along those lines mate, Dont mind bolting it up for ya if not sure, just make sure battery disconnected

Paul, I reckon your switch assy is at fault, about 60 quid IIRC from Ford, IIRC, there are 2 pumps on the washer bottle, one for front one for rear so dont think it will be that....

 

On Escos there is one for the front and rear and one for headlamps!