speedo lights

[polska]

ive just got my 318i the speedo and other gauges used to be orange but i turned my lights on today and the light that illuminares the gauges did nt come on but everything else works any suggestions thanks steven ive searched the forum but did nt find anything

[kam-325i]

Do all the heater controls light up ok ?

[polska]

no they are not coming on either

[E30Mark]

You may have adjusted the dashboard lighter dimmer by mistake!

The knob you pull out for the headlights, give it a turn clockwise, see if the dash lights get brighter...

[kam-325i]

Do you know about the Headlight switch that you pull out is also a dimmer switch for the dashboard lights?

Turn the knob clockwise to increase brightness...& anticlockwise to decrease.

[polska]

no i went and checked it but its not working i did put a cd player in today and also removed the driver side speaker to take out the central locking thing thats in there

[kam-325i]

MMmmmmmmm......Wheres Brianmoore ?

[polska]

the only light that lights up is the service light everything else electrical including interior lights work in the car

[Brianmoooore]

MMmmmmmmm......Wheres Brianmoore ?

I'm here!! There's another thread going on the same subject.
First test: Take out the rear ashtray and fish out the little bulb holder that lights it.
Turn the sidelights on, and with a piece of wire, earth the brown/white wire to the car bodywork. Handbrake quadrant is a handy place, if you lift up the shroud.

[polska]

ok so ive fished that out and ive got a bit of wire just earth it or do i have to do sd
something else

[Brianmoooore]

ok so ive fished that out and ive got a bit of wire just earth it or do i have to do sd
something else

Just connect the terminal with the brown/white wire to a good earth with the sidelights on. All panel lights should illuminate at full brightness.

[polska]

i earthed the brown wire to the bodywork and nothing happened then i stuck the wire in the cig lighter socket and connected it to the brown wire and the speedo lights came on but the and when i connect it to the grey wire the clock lights up although the speedo light came on it was dim

[polska]

also the rear ashtray light comes on aswell

[polska]

so what do i have to do to get my speedo lights back on thanks steven

[Brianmoooore]

i earthed the brown wire to the bodywork and nothing happened then i stuck the wire in the cig lighter socket and connected it to the brown wire and the speedo lights came on but the and when i connect it to the grey wire the clock lights up although the speedo light came on it was dim

Can't quite follow what you did here. There are two terminals in the cig. lighter Brown wire goes to cig. lighter, and there's no grey. Do you mean brown/white and grey/red.
And who's Stephen? Or is that you? Punctuation helps!

[less2303]

one on the same subject for Brian. Had similiar problems, offside sidelights and dash lights not working. Replaced fuse 23, and Bingo! all working.

Buut guess what, they now stay on all the time!! Have had to remove fuse to turn them off!! Any Ideas mate?

[less2303]

Wouldnt normally jump on a post like this, but as it is virtually the same.....

[Brianmoooore]

one on the same subject for Brian. Had similiar problems, offside sidelights and dash lights not working. Replaced fuse 23, and Bingo! all working.

Buut guess what, they now stay on all the time!! Have had to remove fuse to turn them off!! Any Ideas mate?

Either someones been playing with the wiring somewhere, or it must be the light switch.
Pull the connector off the light switch and see if this turns them out.

[less2303]

Right, just disconnected the light switch and yes, the dash lights go out. Just to avoid confusion, it was only the dash lights staying on, not the side lights.

Also, it may not be connected, but like you say, all the information, the heater blower is constantly on , blowing very low.

Apart from that, there are no other electrical issues that I an aware of, as fuse 23 cured speedo,service light, interior and map lights.

[Brianmoooore]

Right, just disconnected the light switch and yes, the dash lights go out. Just to avoid confusion, it was only the dash lights staying on, not the side lights.

Also, it may not be connected, but like you say, all the information, the heater blower is constantly on , blowing very low.

Apart from that, there are no other electrical issues that I an aware of, as fuse 23 cured speedo,service light, interior and map lights.

Cheap fix for this is to dissconnect the grey/red from pin 1 of the light switch and to coonect it to the grey/white from pin 5. Only difference is that the panel lights will stay on if you ever use the park light function on the indicator stalk.
Blower fan can only be the switch again, unless you have, or have had, aircon on this car.

[less2303]

Cheers for that, wil try that in the morning, when there's a little more light and a little less rain!!!

Any sources for blower switches anyone?

Also need the dial cos the muppet that had it before me broke it!!

[Brianmoooore]

Any sources for blower switches anyone?
!

Should be plenty - I've never known one fail before.
You probably ought to try pulling the connector off this one first as well, just to confirm.

[polska]

got my speedo lights going an earth wire from the hazard light had come out put it back in now all ok

[less2303]

You probably ought to try pulling the connector off this one first as well, just to confirm.

Excuse the ignorance, when i take the connector off, what am I then looking for?

[Brianmoooore]

You probably ought to try pulling the connector off this one first as well, just to confirm.

Excuse the ignorance, when i take the connector off, what am I then looking for?

That the fan stops!