Got an issue with the rear fog light in that it's not working, this was only discovered when I took it for its MOT and along with a few other things that I'm working on, only this has me really befuddled.
The report said the switch was faulty, which after I took it apart and reassembled it found it to work (although the small lamp inside it didn't, I don't know if the light within the switch has to work or not). This is where it gets interesting because of what I found with the multimeter:
Testing the voltage across the terminals that plug into the back of the switch gave a reading of 11 Volts, when I test it at the lamp end it drops to 0.1V. I also tested the connecting wires between the lamp and the rest of the car within the boot, got the same reading- the wires then run into a taped wiring loom that runs acros the bottom of the boot and around behind the fuel tank before presumably running to the front. I have to assume that there must be some contact with the body that's sapping the power. I tested the bulb and it's working, none of the fuses have blown (garage had replaced the fusebox last year so it has modern fuses). I get the feeling there must be something I'm missing, though it's looking like I'll have to run a new wire from front to back.
Also, it was said that the rear exhaust is insecurely mounted because it hangs too low; it's a twin-pipe sports exhaust that's connected via this type of connector: http://www.ebay.co.u...1-/390364413097
I had to hang it one notch lower to transfer some of the weight from the cotton reel mount at the very back (which broke last time when it bore the entire weight and was replaced) to the rubber rings that hang onto the hook midway along the bottom of the car, I'm not sure how to fix that one.