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Post Sun Jan 04, 2015 12:13 pm

My rear fog light works fine, but my front I have to hold down the button for them to work and as soon as I release the button they turn off, anyone know what this could be?
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Post Sun Jan 04, 2015 12:15 pm

erm .... if you cant work that out ... STEP AWAY FROM THE CAR !
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Post Sun Jan 04, 2015 12:22 pm

Magpie, there really is no need for that? Grow up, thank you diable, how do you remove the switch?
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Post Sun Jan 04, 2015 12:23 pm

Sambe30 wrote:Magpie, there really is no need for that? Grow up, thank you diable, how do you remove the switch?

i asked my wife your question and she answered it correctly :P
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Post Sun Jan 04, 2015 1:13 pm

Sambe30 wrote:how do you remove the switch?
Sam just remove the under dash panel.. few screws, and then you can put your hand behind where the fog light switch is, and push it through towards you and out.
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Post Sun Jan 04, 2015 1:20 pm

diable wrote:Faulty switch.
Not impossible but they normally just need a minor strip down and clean.

To the OP - run a search on here. Brian has explained it many times previously.
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Post Sun Jan 04, 2015 1:32 pm

I have excellent tested switches available :)
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Post Sun Jan 04, 2015 1:45 pm

pacerpete wrote:I have excellent tested switches available :)
Which I'll vouch for in a few days :D
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Post Sun Jan 04, 2015 2:00 pm

but front fogs swtiched on is majorly gay?
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Post Sun Jan 04, 2015 2:01 pm

Simon13 wrote:but front fogs swtiched on is majorly gay?
but having broken instruments in your E30 is even more gay!
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Post Sun Jan 04, 2015 2:04 pm

only if your OCD, it must be 10 years since i last drove with front fogs on in anger
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Post Sun Jan 04, 2015 2:19 pm

I have, in an old Cadburys Roses tin in the garage, around 60 E30 double foglight switches! I've whipped them out of every scrapper I've found over the last 10-15 years.

That's about £600 worth :D 8O
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Post Sun Jan 04, 2015 2:20 pm

they need to work for an M.O.T is a good excuse
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Post Sun Jan 04, 2015 2:38 pm

andyp wrote:they need to work for an M.O.T is a good excuse
The fronts don't.

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Post Sun Jan 04, 2015 2:50 pm

BenHar wrote:
andyp wrote:they need to work for an M.O.T is a good excuse
The fronts don't.

Ben

Indeed, o/s/r is the only one mandatory for a MOT.
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Post Sun Jan 04, 2015 3:04 pm

pacerpete wrote:
BenHar wrote:
andyp wrote:they need to work for an M.O.T is a good excuse
The fronts don't.

Ben

Indeed, o/s/r is the only one mandatory for a MOT.
And also a tele tale

Can also be mounted in the centre to.

And only if your vehicle is built after 1980(ish)
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Post Sun Jan 04, 2015 5:32 pm

Has it ever worked properly? If not, do you have a touring rear wash/wipe switch fitted by mistake?