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Post Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:17 am

A while ago my speedo stopped working and I posted as request for some advice...

I was told to check one of two things.

1. The back of the speedo itself
2. The connection on the diff.

After spending ages removing the instruments and checking that end all was cool, the I got under the car and checked the connection the other end and that was fine..

By this time I'm covered in crap from the floor and have lost layers of skin.

Still no joy... My friend turned up and asked what I was doing.. I explained and advised it still didn't work so being the cocky arse that he is he checked the fuse and hey presto it was that.......

I felt like such an arse !!!!! lol....

Feel free to take the p1ss out of me - I deserve it !!!!!!

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Post Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:20 am

good point mate, I would have never thought of looking at a fuse, would have been pre-occupied looking at the cluster and the plug/wires going to the diff too.
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Post Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:28 am

top tip fella :D

i always do things the hard way too :cry:
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Post Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:30 am

:woohoo:

I'm not as big a knob as I thought !!!!
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Post Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:38 am

I did that with my radio! I was faffing around with electrical testers and what not...and then my mate came over looked under the bonnet and said 'Tom, you have blown a fuse' doh!!!
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Post Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:41 am

Happens to the best of us!!!

Now If I have any elec gremlins first stop =fusebox
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Post Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:42 am

dont ya just hate making mistakes like that
we have all been there mate

bet you felt like a right tit though
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Post Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:11 am

Im always doing things like that.
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Post Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:41 am

no worries, spent two hours trying to fix a lads old tape casette player (remember those!!) as it wouldn't play, after trying everything we had to give in and take to a electronic shop. He simply unpaused it.

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Post Thu Oct 13, 2005 6:50 pm

Sounds like the sort of thing I'd do.
If there's a hard way to go about doing something, I'm there! :sad:
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Post Thu Oct 13, 2005 7:02 pm

hahaha, dont worry about it, we all "experts" but there is always a cocky b@stard out there to point out the obvious.
"Help car keeps dying" " check the injectors, clean the IMF, check the spare wheel etc.etc"...."oh wait i have no petrol.... :oops: "
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Post Thu Oct 13, 2005 7:10 pm

:jester: :lol: