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Old Aug 22, 2009 | 01:18 PM
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On my N reg escort, the orange light indicating a door is open is on constantly, and my fuel needle goes up and down willy nilly. Does anyone have any idea what I should be looking at to cure this?
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Old Aug 22, 2009 | 02:51 PM
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On my N reg escort, the orange light indicating a door is open is on constantly, and my fuel needle goes up and down willy nilly. Does anyone have any idea what I should be looking at to cure this?
id check all your earths mate, all of those circuits rely on earths fella
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Old Aug 22, 2009 | 02:53 PM
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sorry for being a dumbass, but how do i check these earths? I know about the door and boot earths, I think the three little copper contacts on the bootlid may be dirty making the orange light come on
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Old Aug 22, 2009 | 02:59 PM
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shud be 10mm bolts holding wires to the chassis in the bottom of the drivers a piller. pull the trims off and ur c them buddy
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Old Aug 22, 2009 | 03:00 PM
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shud be 10mm bolts holding wires to the chassis in the bottom of the drivers a piller. pull the trims off and ur c them buddy. make sure they clean and tight
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Old Aug 22, 2009 | 03:05 PM
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nice one bud, shall have a look. is there any chance the fuel sender unit is faulty?
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Old Aug 22, 2009 | 06:32 PM
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Door ajar sensors come from a switch in part of the actual lock mechanism(inside door), these often break/break off.
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