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[Clubby1275GT]

went to start the car last night and no headlights, had a fiddle behind the switch panel, and hey presto, headlights!!
but now i have no indicators,so checked hazards, they work but flash twice the speed they hsould do, all bulbs are working, then to my amazement found out i have no brake lights either!!
u fix one thing, and everything else breaks!!!
are any of these connected on the loom anywhere?? or does anything link them together, ive checked all fuses, there all fine.

could it be the flasher unit??
but why would the brake lights stop working?? ive checked the switch behind the pedal (that broke before) and thats fine.

hmmmmm all out of ideas guys!

[dan__wright]

check your grounds

[Guess-Works.com]

Sounds like corroded wires, primarily check the contacts on the fuse box..

[Clubby1275GT]

do all the elctrics on the car run through the fuse box?? including brake lights?? its just weird for the hazards to work, but really fast but not indicate,
oh one more thing, the headlights dont flash either! they go to main beam but not flash!
im definately no electrician, closest ive got to electrics is licking a battery as a child!

[Clubby1275GT]

ANYBODY?? sorry for the impatience but i finish work shortly and i have a feeling i might get crashed into if i cant get my brake lights to work!!!

[Jammy]

I'm pretty sure its not a fuse as I don't think they are all on the same fuse.

I believe your indicator problem will be the flasher unit behind the dash.

As for your other problems, I'm not sure, check the connections at in the boot by each cluster. Think there are some bullet connectors back there as well you may wish to check.

[Clubby1275GT]

the flashers on a gt are behind the dash?? are they not in the engine bay??

[Jammy]

Theres the hazard flasher on the bulkhead by the washer bottle, and theres the flasher unit (for indicators) behind the dash, usually just to the right of the steering column.

*This is for a normal clubby, pretty sure its the same for a GT but haven't got the wiring diagrams in front of me to check.

[Clubby1275GT]

do these sort of things just stop working then?? sounds like a bad connection for it to work then just stop, just found it weird how they all stopped at the same time,
ive got a mis-match of fuses in the box, should i be using anything inparticluar, got 15am 10 amp and all sorts in there!

[Jammy]

Yes, there are set fuses for the different connections in the fuse box! Its very dangerous to not use the correct one and may explain why half your electrics aren't working!

These are what your fuses are for:

Fuse between 1&2 -- stoplights, reversing lights, indicator flasher unit, heated rear window. Only working when key switch is on position II.

Fuse between 3&4 -- horn, hazard indicators, and brake failure light. These work all the time.

Fuse between 5&6 -- heater/wipers - these work on position I or II

Fuse between 7&8 -- side and taillights work all the time.

So it maybe your fuse 1 has blown? Have you got reverse lights?



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[Clubby1275GT]

currently mu haynes manual is very wet and all pages are stuck together, can anyone tell me what fuses go between which gaps???

[pikey7]

sounds to me like if you were "fiddling" behind the dash, then you knocked some other wires. It could be that you've just knocked off the connectors, or it could be that that final nudge has now twisted/turned a corroded wire so so that its now had enough. Tricky to say which without being there.

The alternative, is that when "fiddling", you accidentally shorted something out and fused it. Jammys put the fuses above and if anything it would be #1 gone, but you could also have blown the flasher for them not to work.

Another alternative: the connections to the brake lights are in inline bullet connectors that sit on the engine bay side of the dash. There was a guy (can't remember who) that found his connectors there were soaking wet and shorting out! A quick dry off solved his problem (so it's just a co-incidence between you fiddling and the rears going out!), although I would expects the rear lights or reverse to go to to point to this, its probably worth checking. Be extremely cafeful if you pull out those bullets as they are likely to be corroded

[Clubby1275GT]

just remembered, also the heater went off for a short while then miraculously came back on again, didnt check wipers as it wasnt raining and totally didnt cross my mind, heater now works again, if i remember from this morning, its gotta be connections, ill check them all when i get into my car later,
what amp fuses should be in which holes???