Dear All,
Carly has an intermittent electrical problem - from time to time, the
rev counter dies. When it does, it takes the windscreen wipers and
washers with it. More often than not, when I start the car, the rev
counter/wipers/washers are non-functional. Leaving the engine running
and fiddling with the switches and wires doesn't help. Once I drive
away, the problem normally disappears within a few hundred yards, and
does not recur for several miles. Once the problem returns, I am
without rev counter, wipers and washers for a minute or so, and then the
wipers and washers come back, followed shortly afterwards by the rev
counter. The problem is less pronounced if I am driving with wipers
permanently on - they have never cut out on me, once they are up and
running - and the cycle is much quicker if I am driving in town than
when I am on a longer run. Turning the engine off and restarting
resets the problem to the beginning.
Other known electrical faults with this car include non-functioning
cockpit light (probably just a bulb gone); non-functioning hazard
warning lights (they worked for me once, but no longer), missing cigar
lighter, non-functioning seatbelt warning light (I don't think it's
connected, but I haven't traced the wiring yet), non-functioning
reversing lights and non-functioning heater fan. All the other lights,
gauges, indicators and the radio work fine.
Any ideas, anyone? Please don't tell me I need a new wiring harness!
ATB
Mike
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Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea,"
published by Greenhill Books on 28th March, 2001:
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html
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