rather urgent help

[ray1609]

im one of those pain in the ass peoeple!!! but hoppeflly someone can help me

 

my capri...the alternator light is on, i have no indicators or rear screen heater or brake lights, then when i do brake the alternator light gets brighter and the rev counter drops to nothing atall

 

any ideas???

 

cheers chaps

[vibrating_Cake]

handbrake sensor plug thingy shorted on the body?

[bortaf]

Surely that would put the brake fluid/handbrake light on not the alt light

Probably the alt mate the lights there to tell you it's stuffed

get a tester at the battery if you have less than 14 volts with the engine running the alt is stuffed BUT try removing the plug on the back of the alt first and cleaning it they do rust and make a bad connection some times, worth a try

[turnover]

sounds like a bad earth

[ray1609]

alt is good

 

who knows

 

 

where are the earths for the dashboard???

thanks for your help

[bortaf]

Try cleaning the fuse ends and the bits they sit in fuse boxes are terrable for dodgy conections on the 70/80's fords

[harris horse power]

Surely that would put the brake fluid/handbrake light on not the alt light

Probably the alt mate the lights there to tell you it's stuffed

get a tester at the battery if you have less than 14 volts with the engine running the alt is stuffed BUT try removing the plug on the back of the alt first and cleaning it they do rust and make a bad connection some times, worth a try

 

you can have 13.8v min

[ray1609]

GRRRRR Pain in the ass bloody car!!!!!

 

makes me angry

 

 

i was expecting to find a nice cluster of earths behind the dash,, prooved me wrong didnt it!!!!