Phil Robson
Well-Known Member
You may have noticed the courtesy lights at the end of the parcel shelf:
I gave both non-working light units a thorough clean up & put new bulbs in. Now the driver's side works constantly no matter what & the passenger's compensates by not working at all :? Any ideas, anyone please? In the meantime I've removed both bulbs...
The other main reason I had everything apart was to check the fuel gauge which hasn't worked since I got the car. This seems to be a common problem & after checking the gauge itself worked (don't they always...), I took the sender unit out of the tank. Checking the resistance on my multimeter gave very intermittent readings, so after a lot of head scratching & studying what was going on, I came to the conclusion that the arm's pivot needs to have a good connection with the back plate, so by bending the 3 tabs up to remove the cover;
it enabled me to take the float wire arm out & give everything a good clean up with wire wool which sorted the problem. I now have a proper working fuel gauge
I had been running round with very little petrol in, pending having to drain the tank, which still went everywhere! I ran out twice, but carried a can just in case. Now I can use the gauge, although the reserve tap is the next job on the list :|
I gave both non-working light units a thorough clean up & put new bulbs in. Now the driver's side works constantly no matter what & the passenger's compensates by not working at all :? Any ideas, anyone please? In the meantime I've removed both bulbs...
The other main reason I had everything apart was to check the fuel gauge which hasn't worked since I got the car. This seems to be a common problem & after checking the gauge itself worked (don't they always...), I took the sender unit out of the tank. Checking the resistance on my multimeter gave very intermittent readings, so after a lot of head scratching & studying what was going on, I came to the conclusion that the arm's pivot needs to have a good connection with the back plate, so by bending the 3 tabs up to remove the cover;
it enabled me to take the float wire arm out & give everything a good clean up with wire wool which sorted the problem. I now have a proper working fuel gauge
I had been running round with very little petrol in, pending having to drain the tank, which still went everywhere! I ran out twice, but carried a can just in case. Now I can use the gauge, although the reserve tap is the next job on the list :|