Speedo and rev counter not working

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Post Wed May 25, 2011 8:03 am

Got in the moredoor this morning and the speedo isn't working it's been fine any ideas
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Post Wed May 25, 2011 8:47 am

Checked fuse 12?
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Post Wed May 25, 2011 12:04 pm

That was the problem Thanx
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Post Wed May 25, 2011 1:25 pm

Unfortunately, that's just a symptom of the problem, and not the problem itself. Fuses don't fail without a good reason.
It's given you a warning that all is not right. Next time it might just incinerate the car.
A wire from this fuse goes to the audio system, so, considering the state of some (or even most) of the 'installations' I see, this is where I'd start looking.
Relevant wire is red/green.
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Post Wed May 25, 2011 2:10 pm

Sorry to hijack, Brian my speedo stopped working after the last owner fitted a headunit could this be the same issue? Still havn't had time to get round to fixing mine.
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Post Wed May 25, 2011 2:19 pm

Rtaylor2208 wrote:Sorry to hijack, Brian my speedo stopped working after the last owner fitted a headunit could this be the same issue? Still havn't had time to get round to fixing mine.
Almost certainly related!
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Post Wed May 25, 2011 2:27 pm

All the wires for my sound system
Are just hanging loose in a mess what can I do to stop it popping also my drivers side dipped headlight keeps popping
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Post Wed May 25, 2011 6:38 pm

vendetta wrote:All the wires for my sound system
Are just hanging loose in a mess what can I do to stop it popping
Tidy them up and make sure all are insulated properly.
also my drivers side dipped headlight keeps popping
fuse or bulb?
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Post Wed May 25, 2011 6:48 pm

Fuse
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Post Wed May 25, 2011 9:56 pm

Brian your a legend all it was was the fuse, I sorted out all the audio wiring when I put a new headunit it. So put a new fuse in number 12 and all is working, even the econometer, just another 10 jobs still to do.
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Post Fri May 11, 2012 1:28 pm

sorry to bring this up again, but where should the red/green wire go, is it the ignition live to the stereo? cheers
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Post Fri May 11, 2012 2:16 pm

Anything with red as the main colour is permanent live, or closely associated with permanent live.
It's the radio memory feed.
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Post Fri May 11, 2012 3:59 pm

i thought as much, just didn't want to connect it to something and fuck another thing up.
i'll try it in a bit and hopefull i'll have a working speedo.
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