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Ferrex? Lidl? Thought Ferrex was an "Aldi" brand?

Well, gents, I've given up. I don't get it. It's obviously beyond me! Going to give my friendly local mechanic a ring tomorrow...on his own admission he's not the world's best - "It's beyond my pay grade" - auto electric boy, but apparently is in cahoots with a good bloke in the next town. I'll...

Right, gentlemen.... I have spent most of the afternoon playing around with these ******* lights. If I wasn't mad before, I'm probably almost there now! Various thoughts, possibly worth mentioning, but perhaps not.... The audible alarm, if you've accidently left the lights on and have opened...

Pita. Spot on!

Power to the bulb?! What happened to "Power to the people!"? (Casts mind back to cr4ppy 70's TV comedy) Sadly, the harness doesn't even allow a dangle! It can come out of its orifice by about 3", and that's yer lot as they say! Not to mention that it's facing you, and there isn't enough play to...

I just wish I could follow your idea out of the car! The thought of wrestling with the 2 clip-in connectors umpteen times while adjusting the holder x degrees at a time.... well, it's not the job for inside the car on a hot day! Not sure whether I mentioned this earlier, but I checked every...

Good morning to all.... I was going to write "Christ! That'd take hours!", but seeing I've been at it for a week already....! Mr.Spectric's #74 post is interesting - the bulbs might not be polarised, but the holders might be.... Unfortunately I'm just having to go out for a while, so am just...

Not the easiest thing to photograph, but your description fits very well! As regards the pads, unsure as yet. Chickened out taking it to pieces tonight - might do tomorrow!

In the meantime, a couple of photo's of the unit itself, and a large one of a socket, showing what I described as a "top" and "bottom" solder strip. The red circles on the unit show the sockets which remain empty - the group of smaller sockets relates to automatic transmission, and the single...

Looks as if I'm going to have to open the unit up - all the bulbs are out, and the meter is set to continuity, but the two sockets I've tried so far are giving exactly the same results as last time. Confess I'm a bit loathe to open it to expose the board- there are 12 different clips holding...

Ah. Gotcha. That's this evening's entertainment, then!

That's curious. I had the multimeter set for continuity, and measured them all the same way. For example, the left indicator bulb gave B15 top, B11 bottom, but the right one gave B6, B15 and B16 at the top, but B12 at the bottom. I'll try it again tomorrow in daylight.... This must be...

Ah. Yes, I could've tried to explain better - sorry. I checked all 10 bulb sites, but paid particular attention to the 4 dial areas. For example, the socket nearest the fuel gauge : when the top pad was probed, pins B6 and B15 "beeped". When the bottom pad was probed, pins B6, B15 and B16...

Nope. B15 is red/black. B16 is red. B6 is.....difficult to say. "Pale"* (!) with a hint of a blue band around it, as opposed to a stripe. Unfortunately I've just had to put everything back, as I need to be going out soon.... Right...layman's description of last night coming up, in my best Noddy...

OK... a bit of progress. Cluster on kitchen table. The 4 dials in question have had the bulbs and holders removed, revealing the "top" and "bottom" solder points. Multimeter at the ready, one lead touching the "top" and then seeing which pin it connects to. Then repeat process, moving the lead...

Re my "40-pin" connector. Absolute rubbish! Ignore me! It's actually like this - Didn't have any joy with my new (ahem!) circuit tester thingy...and got disturbed again, having to replace everything to drive my beloved to her doc's appointment. Back now, but losing heart and will to live!

Don't think there is one in the glove box, Gerry! It's not that up-market!

In 67/68, I favoured Lee Riders over Levis. I was torn over buying a new pair, or getting a ticket to see Hendrix at Sheffield City Hall. Hendrix won. From memory, less than £2....

, about 50 seconds in..... gives a good view of my dash design. Single push button, next to fuel on right. (The only difference is laddo's steering wheel centre is red, whereas mine's black. Wonder why?) Quite refreshing to find a right-hand-drive, same year, non-automatic, non-Yank video! I...

Tell you what.....I'm getting a dab hand at getting the panels and steering wheel cowl off!