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[hutchie100386]

mini mayfair
1993 - l reg

my clock and rev counter have stopped working.
Does anyone have a guide as to how to fix these?
Or could someone with knowledge direct me on how to sort this?

cheers

[Bungle]

is there power at the back of them ?

[hutchie100386]

the light on the rev counter is lit does this mean there is power. the clock light is not lit. i@m guessing its just the wires with the clock.

cheers

[Dan]

The tacho lighting is seperate from the power to it (assuming it's the standard tacho) but the clock probably has a single feed. What clock is it? Your car doesn't have one as standard and I'd imagine that whoever has added it has used power from the tacho to feed it. This probably means that the power has failed. Do the wipers and heater work? They are powered on the same circuit as the tacho. Check fuse #3 and the connections to it, then check the wiper park switch as that often causes problems on this circuit.

[hutchie100386]

The clock was working its fitted in the center dash. All fuses are fine. The clock doesnt draw power from the tacho as the clock worked previously.
Is it easy to take the dash forward to check the clock wiring at the back.
what could be the problem with the rev counter? All other electrics, switches and fuses are working fine.

cheers

[Dan]

I don't understand. I thought you said the clock had stopped working. Are they both not working but failed at different times? If so you could have said that to start with.

I don't think the dash is original to the car either so how hard it is to remove is difficult to say. Remove both the air vents, the fixings for both original and aftermarket dashes are usually behind them. Original dashes are bolted down to the dash rail behind here and aftermarket ones tend to be fixed with large U clamps that you get to through the vent hole. There is also a centre fixing usually accessed through the stereo aperture.

The problem with the rev counter, as I mentioned above is most likely to be lack of power. It has a seperate connector at the fuse box from the rest of this circuit so check that all the Light green/orange wires at fuse #3 are connected and the plugs aren't damaged. If that looks fine then check that there are two white/black wires connected to the coil negative terminal and there isn't one that's come away.

[hutchie100386]

yeah sorry mate. rev counter wasnt working when i got the car. just getting round to fixing it now.
clock failed the other day??
I'll have a look at the wires as suggested

cheers

[Dan]

Ok, well as I said the clock is aftermarket so who knows how it's been wired? You'll probably have to fiddle around behind it and find where it's been wired in to.

[taffy1967]

I don't want to rain on your parade, but the Mini Mayfair got the 1275cc engine some time in 1992 and soon after it got the full width walnut dashboard with a clock as standard.

This was a few years before the Cooper got a similar type full width dash.

But if your wipers don't park by themselves, then as Dan suggested, replace the wiper motor park-switch as that can cause problems on that circuit and upset the rev counter and other instruments, or in extreme cases cause an electrical fire.

But also make sure the coil connections are tight.

Edited by taffy1967, 27 December 2008 - 09:04 PM.

[Dan]

Really? I'm a little surprised it was that early as a standard fit. I should have known better since my Grandad made all of Rover's Mini dashboards up to 1996! I thought the first car it was standard fit on was the British Open classic and that it didn't spread across the range until the next years model.

[mini_mad69]

I don't know if it helps but my friends 93 cooper had a full width walnut dash with a single clock above the stereo hole.

[taffy1967]

Really? I'm a little surprised it was that early as a standard fit. I should have known better since my Grandad made all of Rover's Mini dashboards up to 1996! I thought the first car it was standard fit on was the British Open classic and that it didn't spread across the range until the next years model.

No the British Open Classic just got the standard 2 pack instrument pod (no rev counter).

[taffy1967]

I don't know if it helps but my friends 93 cooper had a full width walnut dash with a single clock above the stereo hole.

Aftermarket though I'd say?

The first Rover Cooper to get the full width dash was the 1994 Monte Carlo LE.