Check panel: no signs of life

Post Sat Sep 19, 2015 7:18 pm

Hi all,

The check panel in my 1989 325i is dead. It used to work when I took the car apart, then I left it over a year, and put it back together, but 'it doesn't work'. I've tried a replacement panel, but no life still.

When I say it doesn't work: nothing happens. It doesn't come on with the ignition, the check light on the dash is dead, pressing the button on the panel yields nothing.

I've added cruise control since the OCP was last working, although that, too, doesn't work. I dunno if they're possibly related via the green plug on the dashboard?

If not, any ideas at all?

Thanks!
Joe

Post Sat Sep 19, 2015 7:21 pm

Oh, worth noting, something blew the fuse for the radio while I was trying to wire that up (I assume I slipped with two stripped cables or something), and it blew the radio fuse. To continue my testing, I stole a fuse from slot 19 (mirrors/heating for mirrors), but even after placing a temporary 10 amp fuse in its place (since removed while I order some 7.5 amps) the OCP didn't do anything.