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Red Mk1
05-12-2005, 01:57 PM
ok so installed everything sweet...and interior light and trip computer working again (it WAS just a fuse, thanks syncro and loon) BUT now my blinkers dont work :( you reckon blinkers is a fuse too?? or did i accidentally pull out a wire??

Peter Jones
05-12-2005, 03:08 PM
You might have disturbed the wiring on the back of the hazard switch.

Red Mk1
05-12-2005, 03:22 PM
hmmm yeah that makes sense...i did accidentally push out the hazard switch when i was fiddling around with a coat hanger trying to pull the speaker wires through....will try that...will just check if all is plugged into hazard switch.
THANKS!!!see how it goes...

Red Mk1
05-12-2005, 04:16 PM
ok...just checked, hazard lights work fine... but no blinkers...the light to say that blinkers are working comes on (but its kinda on in a dull way all the time, but brightens when i put blinkers on) but doesnt make the click clack sound and blinkers dont come on??
I pulled out the hazard switch but cant see anything too weird (then again dont really know what to look for, but no loose wires that i can spot)

Golf Loon
05-12-2005, 04:28 PM
Try the blinkers fuse. But I`d still reckon on you having disturbed the switch wiring. Look at the back of the switch. Is there a spare connector when the plug is on and perhaps a spare wire behind it?

Red Mk1
05-12-2005, 05:54 PM
no wires missing in back of plug...will try fuses...if that dont work, any more ideas? or is that when i go to the auto-electrician

Red Mk1
05-12-2005, 05:56 PM
is it normal for that little green light to kind of stay on in a dull way...i didnt really notice it before? (Golf Mk GTI 8v 1987)

worm
05-12-2005, 06:01 PM
pulling wires through with a coat hanger is asking for trouble... I hope you disconected the battery!

syncro
05-12-2005, 06:19 PM
Where in Sydney are you?

Golf Loon
05-12-2005, 07:12 PM
No that light was not on before. Was it a metal coathanger, or a plastic coated one? Could be a dodgy earth if the light is dim. Or you could have shorted something with the damn coathanger.

Golf Loon
05-12-2005, 07:14 PM
is it normal for that little green light to kind of stay on in a dull way...i didnt really notice it before? (Golf Mk GTI 8v 1987)

What symbol is by the green light? Is it the full beam? Check your headlight switch wires.

Red Mk1
06-12-2005, 12:13 AM
thanks heaps for all the replies!! but all is sweet now...was just a fuse in the end...fuse number 19 to be exact :)
so replaced the fuse and my blinkers work again, plus i finished installing sound system. by the way matt, how did you say to get the middle lights working ?? coz they re plugged in fine... with middle lights i mean the front four lights...but then the middle 2...

Red Mk1
06-12-2005, 12:14 AM
Alexandria sydney by the way...and once i replaced fuse the dim green light dissapeared...