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Old 18-01-2006, 09:11 PM
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Ok, my girlfriends sister's car is a 1994 L plate Mk5 escort 1.8 turbo derv.

The problem is - both of the rear light clusters arent lighting up, and nor are the speedo / rev counter lights etc....

What causes this??
Old 18-01-2006, 09:18 PM
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check the fuse
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Old 18-01-2006, 09:44 PM
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Thank you Tony Battery is fine

Checked all fuses, they're fine.... no power appears to be getting TO the fuses for the rear lights (say rear fog light fuse) so i assume we've lost a connection somewhere up the front of the car
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Run a wire direct from the battery to the back of the fuse.... does it then light up ?
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Thanks Matt!

Will mention this to the concerned people and see what they wanna do! Ł50 + though

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Old 18-01-2006, 10:09 PM
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Errrrrm, im not sure whether its urgent or not to be honest!

If its a Ł50+ part, then they would probably wait a few days, but the girl who drives it is always out in the evenings so

I'll have to ask in the morning as everyones buggered off to bed
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Cheers matt, will have a chat to her dad in the morning and see what he says!

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