another step forward and more steps back!
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2017 9:19 am
This car building hobby can be so frustrating at times!
I had a few minor tasks to do (if there is such a thing) to get ready for MOT and Rolling Road. First job was to fit the passenger seat and harness properly which I did last weekend.
Next job was to fit the rear fog light, wiring came as far as the rear bulkhead but no further, so I did that on Tuesday evening. Not the best looking fog light but I wanted LED and on the last Striker in 18 years of ownership I only ever used the fog light for the MOT
The light has been fitted so that it can be removed with two screws and un-plugged and put away safe for the next MOT ( ) as it will get in the way of the rear defuser when I fit it later in the year.
Whilst testing the fog light I noticed that the indicator, horn and main beam switch on the steering wheel had all stopped working half hour of investigation and I found the fuse supplying 12V to the indicator module and the switches on the wheel had blown. It was a 2A fuse and the total load with everything one at once is <1A so I smelt a problem!
I replaced the fuse and carefully switched the power back on...the fuse held this time. The horn and main beam switch worked but no indicators. The indicators are controlled by a self-cancelling module from Signal Dynamics in the states. I checked the wiring to this and all seemed fine so with a lot of struggling to reach the module (now tucked out the way behind the dash, under the steering column) I got it out and tested it and its failed
Module should be under the column above the just visible relay plugged into the empty bullet connectors in the middle of the picture
Its a 'new' unit but I have had it for over a year so the warranty is out of date anyway the time delay to send it to the states for them to fix will no doubt take months. I have ordered a new one but its coming from the states and is not due for a couple of weeks.
So no MOT for me until much late this month and I had talked to them about doing the car before a rolling road session so they could check over the build for me.
I had a few minor tasks to do (if there is such a thing) to get ready for MOT and Rolling Road. First job was to fit the passenger seat and harness properly which I did last weekend.
Next job was to fit the rear fog light, wiring came as far as the rear bulkhead but no further, so I did that on Tuesday evening. Not the best looking fog light but I wanted LED and on the last Striker in 18 years of ownership I only ever used the fog light for the MOT
The light has been fitted so that it can be removed with two screws and un-plugged and put away safe for the next MOT ( ) as it will get in the way of the rear defuser when I fit it later in the year.
Whilst testing the fog light I noticed that the indicator, horn and main beam switch on the steering wheel had all stopped working half hour of investigation and I found the fuse supplying 12V to the indicator module and the switches on the wheel had blown. It was a 2A fuse and the total load with everything one at once is <1A so I smelt a problem!
I replaced the fuse and carefully switched the power back on...the fuse held this time. The horn and main beam switch worked but no indicators. The indicators are controlled by a self-cancelling module from Signal Dynamics in the states. I checked the wiring to this and all seemed fine so with a lot of struggling to reach the module (now tucked out the way behind the dash, under the steering column) I got it out and tested it and its failed
Module should be under the column above the just visible relay plugged into the empty bullet connectors in the middle of the picture
Its a 'new' unit but I have had it for over a year so the warranty is out of date anyway the time delay to send it to the states for them to fix will no doubt take months. I have ordered a new one but its coming from the states and is not due for a couple of weeks.
So no MOT for me until much late this month and I had talked to them about doing the car before a rolling road session so they could check over the build for me.