Jim_1979 Posted January 14, 2007 Author Share Posted January 14, 2007 alright... I thought I should easily have been able to bypass the dimmer switch? But that didn't work. It made the odometer go totally off when I switched the lights on?!?.... Where should I start?? Whoever manages to sort this will have a free pint on me!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdavies Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 I finally unf*cked mine... There were two things: There was a 10A fuse gone in the foot well (lol I looked a right twat inverted in my car legs dangling out the door - p.s. anybody know a good chiropracter?).. If you are looking at the fuses (form memory) there are 5 10A's on the bottom row of mine, these were all good, then in the next row up the first 10A was blown, the rest were healthy! [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] [x][ ][ ][ ][ ] [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] Replacing this fixed the lights issue, the other issue I discovered was my fog light switch (conversion) was on the wrong prongs on my switch which was causing all sorts of f*cked up stuff to be going on (and quite possibly what blew the fuse in the first place). Fixed that and all is well with the world again (except the LED's in my fan speed ctonrol go too dim when the lights are switched on now - yet another issue to find ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_1979 Posted January 14, 2007 Author Share Posted January 14, 2007 Yeah... that's the fuse that keeps blowing on mine. ( I think ) ... it's around there anyway... called "panel" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjp Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 There are only 3 rows of fuses in the car, and the one you are talking about is the Panel 10A meter illumination, switches illumination fuse, which on mine had blown and has now been replaced and my dial lights dont work and the odometer goes out when I turn the lights on Mine all started when I tried to put a new fog light switch on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjp Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Everything else on my car works, no blown fuses nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_1979 Posted January 14, 2007 Author Share Posted January 14, 2007 There are only 3 rows of fuses in the car, and the one you are talking about is the Panel 10A meter illumination, switches illumination fuse, which on mine had blown and has now been replaced and my dial lights dont work and the odometer goes out when I turn the lights on Mine all sterted when I tried to put a new fog light switch on Similar here mate. I can only assume I have another faulty dimmer switch? When I bypassed the dimmer switch the speedo lights still didn't come on, and the odometer also went out!! Similar problem!!... I want it sorted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjp Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 When I spoke to a friend of mine on Saturday who was a mechanic, he thought it would be the dimmer dial, but when I took it apart it was fine . Im going to try and get a car sparky to have a look this week . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_1979 Posted January 14, 2007 Author Share Posted January 14, 2007 If you do mate, let me know what's what please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdavies Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 There are only 3 rows of fuses in the car, and the one you are talking about is the Panel 10A meter illumination, switches illumination fuse, which on mine had blown and has now been replaced and my dial lights dont work and the odometer goes out when I turn the lights on Mine all sterted when I tried to put a new fog light switch on So if you remove your fog light switch (or have you already?) - does it all work again after replacing any dead fuses? If your switch is wired in, try switching it to the alternate position? What happened to show mine wasn't working was that I switched the fog light on (dash lights were not working), and the dash lit up - WTF I thought!!?, switched it off and it all went away again lol. This was what the problem was with mine... I fooked up putting the switch back correctly when I put my dash back together. Undo whatever you did putting the Fog switch in. Try again, see if it is still fubar!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_1979 Posted January 14, 2007 Author Share Posted January 14, 2007 Unfortunatley, I don't have a rear fog light switch. (car has no rear foglight switch.. how did it pass a MOT?... lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjp Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 I will try all tommorow when I finish fitting a kitchen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPRALOOPY Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 to bypass the dimmer use a bit of wire in the connector. can't remeber witch you bridge out one will work one won't.. mine is bridged as i had m y odo and panel lights go out on me. but he said he had tried that.. you will have three holes to choose from. try the furthest apart. if thats wrong the fuse wil go. then try the left and middle. i can't be arsed to pull my dash apart to see..LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absz Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 did they just stop working or have you had something done to it ie sterio wiring? as the illumination also connects in the back of the radio/sterio player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_1979 Posted January 14, 2007 Author Share Posted January 14, 2007 to bypass the dimmer use a bit of wire in the connector. can't remeber witch you bridge out one will work one won't.. mine is bridged as i had m y odo and panel lights go out on me. but he said he had tried that.. you will have three holes to choose from. try the furthest apart. if thats wrong the fuse wil go. then try the left and middle. i can't be arsed to pull my dash apart to see..LOL I tried that.... it worked so my heater panel lights etc would dim, but the speedo lights still wouldn't come on. Also the odometer went out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_1979 Posted January 14, 2007 Author Share Posted January 14, 2007 did they just stop working or have you had something done to it ie sterio wiring? as the illumination also connects in the back of the radio/sterio player Yeah.... I did have a lot of loose wires sitting where the stereo sits, but taped those all up. Have also tried it with the stereo out. Still nothing. They didn't work when I got the car and I took it to the auto electricians... he said it was just a fuse, although I was sure I checked all the fuses. He also said the dash lights were under a different fuse, but he wired it to the "panel" fuse. Then one day... they just stopped working again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPRALOOPY Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 I tried that.... it worked so my heater panel lights etc would dim, but the speedo lights still wouldn't come on. Also the odometer went out. bypassing the dimmer means you have no dim iykwim..i've had a couple of beers now so i'll top posting in this section till tomoz. good luck and it WILL be something silly trust me i do this for a living;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_1979 Posted January 14, 2007 Author Share Posted January 14, 2007 "the odo lights is the prob" .... you think?? enjoy your beers, look forward to your words of wisdom tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_1979 Posted January 18, 2007 Author Share Posted January 18, 2007 Well it's fixed!! Was at the auto electricians today. It was broken wire or something?? Anyway.. sorted. The dimmer switch still doesn't do anything though??... lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 My dimmer switch has never done anything, not much of a problem. But last night when I started the car the heater controls, heater fan light etc, did not light up. However when I put the lights on they come on, dim, as they should. Switch the lights off and they go off again instead of getting brighter. Strange ......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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