Reversing Lights fault - P6 2200 Auto

[Hobby]

Bit of a strange one, but I hope someone can point me in the right direction as perusal of the wiring diagrams don't really help!

The reversing lights come on when in R (just fine!) but also when it's in D, but NOT in 2 or 1!

Any thoughts?

 

[Chalky]

Got to be switch on gearbox

 

[roverp480]

I would say its the switch or the gear selector slightly out of adjustment . See section DD2-1 & 2 in workshop manual. Easiest for starters is to check the switch on side of case.

 

[Hobby]

I assume that's not the Haynes manual?! Can I access it without having to get the car on a ramp (perhaps by taking the cover off the gear leaver cover inside the car)?

 

[ButterFingers]

I think it is on the outside LHS of the gearbox and can only be accessed from outside, underneath the car. It is on my p6b auto!
A hoist would make the job so much easier too.
Peter

 

[Hobby]

Well for the time being I've removed the bulbs! Not ideal but until I can get time to get under it it'll have to suffice!

 

[DAV8]

Hi Hobby, it does sound like the inhibitor switch might be at fault, I had this problem some years ago and you could end up not being able to start the car, if you have to buy a new switch it's unlikely that Geoff at "Wins" will sell you one (I tried to get a spare from him a couple of years ago and he refused to sell me one saying the one's he had were "pattern parts" and poor quality) I ended up going to a company in Halesowen - G Whitehouse Autos, expensive but better. Good luck. Dave
DAV8

 

[Hobby]

Ah, that may explain why the starter turns the engine over really slowly (I thought it was the battery being low but now I'm wondering if they may be all connected). The middle exhaust pipe and rear one parted company as well on the way back from Atherstone today, luckily only a few miles from home! I'll get a switch tomorrow, then, now all I've got to do is find someone to fit it! We're only down the road from Halesowen, does he fit stuff as well?

 

[colnerov]

Hi, If the starter is turning over slowly check all your power and earth connections i.e. undo clean and retighten.

Colin

 

[Hobby]

I was sure it was the battery until this happened, attaching one of those starter packs had it turning over just fine... Looks like a new battery as well!

 

[ButterFingers]

I was sure it was the battery until this happened, attaching one of those starter packs had it turning over just fine... Looks like a new battery as well!

Ohhh the joys of owning an older car, buy shares in battery company's, tyre company's, winns and wardhams, Lucas if you like to live on the edge,..........ohhh what a feeling ....Toyota?

 

[quattro]

Ohhh the joys of owning an older car, buy shares in battery company's, tyre company's, winns and wardhams, Lucas if you like to live on the edge,..........ohhh what a feeling ....Toyota?

Funnily enough, I had three battery failures last year (may have been 2016 actually). The Kawasaki Z900, £50, Sparky £50, and the Audi A6, £457. Not so bad owning an older car really

Richard

 

[ButterFingers]

Funnily enough, I had three battery failures last year (may have been 2016 actually). The Kawasaki Z900, £50, Sparky £50, and the Audi A6, £457. Not so bad owning an older car really

Richard

when I finally get my morris minor on the road, there will be no stopping me, in and out of town on the smell of an oily rag, running on a couple of AAA's, and 100,000 miles on dunlop C41's....ohh what a feeling ....T...nar

 

[Hobby]

Now sorted, I got a new switch off Whitehouse Autos and got a local lad to fit it, though he did say it could have been a badly adjusted switch but there was no way of knowing until he'd taken off the exhaust! So I've kept the old one just in case!