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bjacko
Joined: 28 Oct 2013
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Location: Melbourne Australia
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Maybe you should have used a mirror when looking for a nut under the car???
Good to hear everything is fixed. The good old British bulldog spirit. Persistence pays.
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014
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Location: Derby
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| Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2025 11:54 am Post subject: |
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I tried the headlamps again today and now the o/s high beam has stopped working. I have removed both lenses again and separated the reflectors. Tests show reduced voltage getting to the terminals. So I am back to square one.
I will persevere...but it is all getting a bit old now. 
Further investigation has established that the intermittent fault is not in the loom. THIS time I have a poor voltage reading in the supply wires under the dash. There are two single wires that supply the double wires that go to the lamps; the single wires are from No.87 on two relays that are connected by switches.
I will be delving into that area in the hope of finding the fault.
.........................just tested the headlamp switch again and this time get a reduced voltage reading. Getting closer!
.........................not so fast; now I can't get the chrome bezel off the switch.!!
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Vintage Fly Guy
Joined: 27 Jun 2024
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| Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2025 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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Tell you what, Ray, I'll give you a tenner for it and take it off your hands.  |
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014
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Location: Derby
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| Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2025 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Vintage Fly Guy wrote: | | Tell you what, Ray, I'll give you a tenner for it and take it off your hands. |
Sounds like a good deal!  |
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014
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Location: Derby
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| Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2025 11:18 am Post subject: |
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So..........I have managed to remove the switch from the dashboard but now it seems to be working O.K... 
I will be carefully checking out the connections and wires in that area....
....everything there seems O.K.
but now the ignition warning lamp has stopped working...and it's not the bulb...power is there...so I guess it is a problem with the bulb holder. |
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Vintage Fly Guy
Joined: 27 Jun 2024
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| In that case I'll have to revise my bid down to a fiver now! |
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2025 11:42 am Post subject: |
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| Vintage Fly Guy wrote: | | In that case I'll have to revise my bid down to a fiver now! |
Even that sounds preferable to my wife's suggestion that involves a can of petrol and a box of matches.  |
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alastairq
Joined: 14 Oct 2016
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Location: East Yorkshire
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2025 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Ray White wrote: | | Even that sounds preferable to my wife's suggestion that involves a can of petrol and a box of matches. |
That sounds suspiciously like the funeral plan my family has for me....
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Ray White
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2025 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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| alastairq wrote: | | Ray White wrote: | | Even that sounds preferable to my wife's suggestion that involves a can of petrol and a box of matches. |
That sounds suspiciously like the funeral plan my family has for me.... |
...not at that stage yet...but there are lots of ads on the telly depicting impossibly jolly people who can't wait for us pop our clogs.  |
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