makaveli662

basically my rear clusters are lookin light christmas tree lights when brakin indicatin etc, if i fiddle around with them i can get it to work, but to be honest i don't know what i did to make them work ive replaced the clusters themselves had a look at the wirin etc and i can't find anythin wrong, just wanderin if any1 has any suggestions cause its mot time

sandyRS16i

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i had a probelm befor like this, i found that the connections had corroded, causing the the lights to malfunction. If you have replaced the clusters then this may not be the problem tho it may be worth checking.

alternativly if the foam seal around the lights fails you can get water ingres aging causing problems or the final thing may be a poor earth or dodgy wiring.....

does this happen on both sides of the car or just one and what lights are affected is it just the brakes and indicators or is it them all???

makaveli662

its all of em mate, fogs reverse, indicators, brakes, from what the passenger side seems to work fine when the drivers side isn't connected but when it is they all go, but with a bit of fiddlin and playin about with i can get them to work, as soon as i shut the boot or somat they all go haywire again.

foam seal shouldn't be the problem cause its been garaged for several months.

think its a bad earth just can't figure it out

AndyRST

yep sounds like a bad earth between the wire and where it screws to the metal on the chassis

makaveli662

might sound like a stupid question but which is the earth for the lights, so i can check the connection, if thats ok, could it be a break in the wiring?

SafeChav

Earth is usually brown. Check the connections on the multiplug are nice and clean aswell. Electrical contact grease never goes a miss either

makaveli662

yeah the wires have been cut to the cluster before i owned it, prob an attempt to solve the prob, so not sure whether the brown is the earth, my wiring is completly different to me mates turbo, the colours aren't the same.

ooked all the connections over and cant seem to find a prob,

ill try some electrical contact grease and see if that solves it

makaveli662

cleaned & greased everythin up, now im gettin everythin except sidelights on the drivers side & indicator on the passenger side. tried different clusters/bulbs, any other ideas?

SafeChav

Everywhere that there is a contact give it a clean, its usually the wiring plug to be honest, they corrode and go dry. You want something very mildly abbrasive to just clean up the contacts a bit, getting there though

makaveli662

im thinkin its the plug as well, ill give it another clean & c how it goes

SafeChav

Get a little screw driver in there and gently bend the pins so its a tighter connection, and give them a blow aswell, usually helps

makaveli662

cheers, ill give try

webby80

go into halfords and ask at the parts desk to look at the mafco stuff some stores still stock clusters and some stock the connector i fitted new ones on mine sorted it straight away

makaveli662

yeah that sounds like its worth a try, ta mate

webby80

no probs mate

makaveli662

this is becoming a right pain in the arse, ive basically got em all workin perfectly except for the drivers side light on the rear cluster which is because it keeps blowin the fuse evrytime i turn em on! been through 4 now, just wanderin if any1 has suggestions

SafeChav

Obviously a short.........but im sure youve worked that out. Any bare wires that you can see?

makaveli662

not that i can see, ive changed the fuse for a 15 amp, higher than it should be but seems to be holdin out & thats solved that problem, it all runs great i put the clusters back in place & now when brakin & indicatin on the passenger they both flash. think im just gonna ave to take it to a spark. problem is its not mot'd

webby80

where abouts r u mate??

SafeChav

I wouldnt put a bigger fuse in than its meant to have. Where abouts are ya?

makaveli662

im in st helens, in between liverpool & manchester

SafeChav

Ummm thats a few miles from me lol

Can you get some pics of both the rear cluster boards, and the wiring plugs?

makaveli662

yeah ill take em now, post em up in a min

SafeChav

ok, as close up as you can without losing focus

What car aswell mate? Series 2?

makaveli662

its a series 2 turbo mate

drivers side cluster & plug
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...2/DSC00036.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...2/DSC00035.jpg

Passenger side cluster & plug
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...2/DSC00034.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...2/DSC00033.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...2/DSC00031.jpg

teamfatboy

the connectors are a pain, I knocked them on the head and cleaned up a good set of clusters then soldered the connections on, so no plug. I also put vaselene in each lamp holder (ask the missus to go to chemist)
Not had any problems since

SafeChav

The first thing i notice in the top picture, why is that one pin bent over???

makaveli662

must ave happened when i pulled the plug off, i made sure they were all in the contacts, i might try gettin rid ov the plug, ta for all the help with this, its really been pissin me off

SafeChav

I'd try and keep the plug if you can. Chances are that bent pin may be the problem now.