08 Mar 2009, 19:18
Hi folks, it's been a while - access to the website has been barred at work.
Right, a couple of problems, one minor and one major.
Easy one first - DASH LIGHTS. The binnacle lights that come on when your headlights are on. These have been working 100% up until today, and today, nothing. Not a sausage. I have looked back and seen a recent post regarding this problem which recommended testing the red and white wire at the rheostat for signs of life. I have done this, and there are none. 0.00 Volts in fact. Does anyone have any ideas what I might try next?
More serious one: ENGINE CUTTING OUT today whilst steaming along the A50 (fast dual carriageway with no hard shoulders). This happened twice - one when slowing down for a roundabout, and anything more than the most gentle touch on the accelerator causing major engine faltering, which died completely when I stopped at the roundabout, and it took a good, very long churn on the starter to reawaken. So anyway, got off the major road, had a bit of a tootle round, no obvious problems, so I got back on the A50 and continued to the next roundabout where it did the same to me again, but this time I was able to roll to a stop just on a layby. Anyway, no joy this time on the starter (IE it'd turn but no spark), so lifted the lid, had a tinker (not really achieving very much), then tried again and all seemed fine. Anyway, I then came home via the much smaller back roads and the problem hasn't come back since - but I don't want to head back on the motorway to find out if it's gone away or not.
Now, one major thing, today was excpetionally wet - has some water got in somewhere - and if so, where would be critical to check? I certainly felt like an electrical problem.
The plain yellow wire to the coil was also loose, but it didn't make any difference to the situation whether it was connected or not. What is it supposed to do?
Thanks team!
Rich
Right, a couple of problems, one minor and one major.
Easy one first - DASH LIGHTS. The binnacle lights that come on when your headlights are on. These have been working 100% up until today, and today, nothing. Not a sausage. I have looked back and seen a recent post regarding this problem which recommended testing the red and white wire at the rheostat for signs of life. I have done this, and there are none. 0.00 Volts in fact. Does anyone have any ideas what I might try next?
More serious one: ENGINE CUTTING OUT today whilst steaming along the A50 (fast dual carriageway with no hard shoulders). This happened twice - one when slowing down for a roundabout, and anything more than the most gentle touch on the accelerator causing major engine faltering, which died completely when I stopped at the roundabout, and it took a good, very long churn on the starter to reawaken. So anyway, got off the major road, had a bit of a tootle round, no obvious problems, so I got back on the A50 and continued to the next roundabout where it did the same to me again, but this time I was able to roll to a stop just on a layby. Anyway, no joy this time on the starter (IE it'd turn but no spark), so lifted the lid, had a tinker (not really achieving very much), then tried again and all seemed fine. Anyway, I then came home via the much smaller back roads and the problem hasn't come back since - but I don't want to head back on the motorway to find out if it's gone away or not.
Now, one major thing, today was excpetionally wet - has some water got in somewhere - and if so, where would be critical to check? I certainly felt like an electrical problem.
The plain yellow wire to the coil was also loose, but it didn't make any difference to the situation whether it was connected or not. What is it supposed to do?
Thanks team!
Rich
Richard Hanlon
Derbyshire
DOC 393
1981 DMC-12 VIN 06126
Derbyshire
DOC 393
1981 DMC-12 VIN 06126
