samurai Posted January 24, 2009 Report Posted January 24, 2009 When i connect the battery cable to the battery the fuses blows! If i disconnect the head lights from the loom then fuses dont blow! Is there something wrong with the head lights? Thanks
samurai Posted January 24, 2009 Author Report Posted January 24, 2009 But where? Im sure its not in the head lights...
bigdaz27 Posted January 24, 2009 Report Posted January 24, 2009 some thing is sorting in the head light wiring make sure none of the wires are tuching or broken
samurai Posted January 24, 2009 Author Report Posted January 24, 2009 Ok,tomorrow ill take them off and have a peep Thanks
TwoLitrePinto Posted January 25, 2009 Report Posted January 25, 2009 if the fusebox is the same design as a mk3 capri and sits on top of the inner wing at the back and has wires going down underneath it behind the dash, this is where i had several wires melted together causing all sorts of lighting problems
samurai Posted January 25, 2009 Author Report Posted January 25, 2009 I modified a mk2 escort headlight loom. Looks ok to me apart from the mk2 has different colour wires.
livewire7116 Posted January 25, 2009 Report Posted January 25, 2009 Wheres the brown wire you have looped and going back into the loom going to?? also see the un insulated connectors on your sidelight could they be touching the bowl retaining spring and earthing out ??? just a thought but have you got any insulated terminals
M.Bird412E Posted January 25, 2009 Report Posted January 25, 2009 Wheres the brown wire you have looped and going back into the loom going to?? also see the un insulated connectors on your sidelight could they be touching the bowl retaining spring and earthing out ??? just a thought but have you got any insulated terminals I think your right there mate, get some insulated terminals or reverse the two wires, it dont matter if the earth terminal shorts out on the spring!
Deano1351 Posted January 25, 2009 Report Posted January 25, 2009 My old escort blew fuses because of the sidelight wires, they were just like yours and earthed on the bowl, i bent them slightly and taped them up good and proper, that sorted it for me
Deano1351 Posted January 25, 2009 Report Posted January 25, 2009 Wheres the brown wire you have looped and going back into the loom going to?? also see the un insulated connectors on your sidelight could they be touching the bowl retaining spring and earthing out ??? just a thought but have you got any insulated terminals I think your right there mate, get some insulated terminals or reverse the two wires, it dont matter if the earth terminal shorts out on the spring! Having the live going straight to earth might cause a few problems
samurai Posted January 25, 2009 Author Report Posted January 25, 2009 I just changed the bottom terminal for a insulated one. I had a little peep,there are 2 brown wires in total,if i look in the wheel arch 1 of them goes to the indicator.
livewire7116 Posted January 25, 2009 Report Posted January 25, 2009 Usually on a mk2 the white is main beam, yellow dip beam sidelight if i remember is a grey with a trace possibly depending on the side of car and indicator is green but not 100%. best thing to do is get a basic test light and start from basics, put the clip from test light on a live on battery and check your earths are good. then change it to the earth and turn on each circuit one at a time and connect as you go, wiring is not hard just bit of patience and time and all will come right in the end
M.Bird412E Posted January 25, 2009 Report Posted January 25, 2009 Wheres the brown wire you have looped and going back into the loom going to?? also see the un insulated connectors on your sidelight could they be touching the bowl retaining spring and earthing out ??? just a thought but have you got any insulated terminals I think your right there mate, get some insulated terminals or reverse the two wires, it dont matter if the earth terminal shorts out on the spring! Having the live going straight to earth might cause a few problems the outer casing is insulated from the headlamp bowl mate so shouldn't make any difference. As for the fault........ sounds like you do need to bell it all out, it does sound like theres a short somewhere in the headlamp circuit. Like others had said, get yourself a test light or multimeter and with a bit of time and patience your suss it out.
livewire7116 Posted January 25, 2009 Report Posted January 25, 2009 The inner metal bowl is connected to the outer metal bowl by a METAL SPRING?
M.Bird412E Posted January 25, 2009 Report Posted January 25, 2009 Yes but the headlamp reverse is made of glass. i mean the rear of the headlamp, ie the glass bowl. This is insulated from the chassis. it also sits in a rubber grommit! Get me?
livewire7116 Posted January 25, 2009 Report Posted January 25, 2009 i put it down to the bare connectors and possibly a wire wrong somewhere, the 7" lamp assembly has been used for more yrs than enough and dont think its an issue, patience and nice cuppa will have it sorted soon
samurai Posted January 25, 2009 Author Report Posted January 25, 2009 Same as in picture mate When i got the mk2 loom i just copyed the mk1 mexico loom i had on the other side so it should be fine...
M.Bird412E Posted January 25, 2009 Report Posted January 25, 2009 Is it still blowing the fuse then? with those terminals insulated?
samurai Posted January 25, 2009 Author Report Posted January 25, 2009 The bowl sits on a rubber thing yes but screws touch the bowl and body of car... I have the last of the fuses in the car lol so only 1 test today...fire it up?
M.Bird412E Posted January 25, 2009 Report Posted January 25, 2009 No m8 you dont understand, the bulb sits in a rubber grommit, the sidelight bulb holder sits in the grommit in the glass headlamp bowl. Thats what i ment! Going a bit off topic here anyways mate, if you have insulated the terminals then the problem shouldn't be there. If it does blow that last fuse then its something else. You could try and test the headlamps with them hanging out as they are. This would confirm if the connectors were at fault, if it still blows. the fault is elsewhere.
livewire7116 Posted January 25, 2009 Report Posted January 25, 2009 I do hope fire is a figure of speech!
samurai Posted January 25, 2009 Author Report Posted January 25, 2009 I fixed it then i blow other fuse so i changed the other headlight bottom terminal and found a 16A fuse and used it for testing and all is good now Thanks guys,your always there for me when i have electrical issues
M.Bird412E Posted January 25, 2009 Report Posted January 25, 2009 welldone m8, get the proper fuse in there though. Be careful using a higher rated fuse, sometimes the wire will melt before the fuse LOL
TwoLitrePinto Posted January 26, 2009 Report Posted January 26, 2009 welldone m8, get the proper fuse in there though. Be careful using a higher rated fuse, sometimes the wire will melt before the fuse LOL lol which is why my rear light cluster on the capri melted and almost caught alight once, luckily i smelt it burning pulled over and ripped the fuse out (which was extremely hot but hadnt blown!) luckily i caught it when i did and i had a spare back light
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