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[scottyegg]

right me and me brother have just finished putting his flip front on and plugged everything back up

came to test the indicators and the back ones and the ones on the dash are flashing realy realy fast but the front and side
are not working at all the wierd thing is we have 12V going through them tested on multi metre and the bulbs are brand new

this is the last job befor its road legal again pleaseee help


scotty

[Dan]

Have you earthed the front indicator lamps? Or are you just hoping they will earth through the fibreglass front? The rears are flashing fast because there isn't enough load on the flasher.

[scottyegg]

noo its a metal flip front were would the earth be on the
front indicator

[Dan]

Depends which type they are. If they don't have a black earth wire coming from them they are designed to earth by being screwed to a metal panel which is itself earthed.

[scottyegg]

so does that go for both the front one side ones ?

they rather have a each on them which earths through the wing or theyll have a wire going to some were

bering in mind its a 1995-6 spi

[scottyegg]

Bump!! this is realy starting to do out heads in its the last thing befor the cars road legal

back lights flash fast font lights dont work i cleaned up the little metal things inside the bulb holder but we still cant figure it out

were are the earths on a spi car for the front indercaters and were do the wires that go from the front indercaters go to ?

[Dan]

On an SPi there's an earth cable for the lamps, just follow it and make sure it connects to the loom as it should. You must have connected up some earths for the headlights to work, you've probably just missed one. Follow a black cable from one of the bulb holders.

[scottyegg]

i tryed exactly that dan but it dissapiers inside all the wirres n tape were abouts does yours go to

[Dan]

Mine's cutsom.

Are all the earth tags that are connected to the bulkhead crossmember stiffener properly and securely fitted? Are all the other connections intact? How have you connected up the headlamps? Any photos of what you've done?

[scottyegg]

basicly all the lighs were taken out from the front end side indercaters never works


front headlights were up cliped by there connectors same with the indercasters on the front

once we connected them back up they never worked

[Dan]

I can't think of anything else off hand. I think you'll have to get someone who knows about the elctrical system to check it out in person.

I assume you've checked the bulbs?

[scottyegg]

am i right in saying the green wire on the front indercaters are live and back earth ?

[backstreetclassics]

yeah thats right but if your still having trouble take the lense off the front idicator and run a temp earth to one of the screws that goes through the front panel and see if they work then if not disconect the indicator and try it on your battery just s to see if it lights up

[scottyegg]

cheers guys will have to wait till tommoro now its just strange how the back are flashing fast but the front not al all