Good morning all! (good afternoon, evening ...)
I'd like to ask for advice with respect to an electrical fault with my Spit
(1977, 1500, LHD).
Yesterday the following items stopped working (list might be incomplete):
rear lights, brake lights, indicators, temp/fuel guages, tachometer,
overdrive,
heater fan.
Yes, sounds like a blown fuse (I assume fuse no 2 in the fusebox), but
it is not the fuse. Before I go into further details what I've tried I'd
like
to say that I am quite ignorant with respect to electrics. I have a very
cheap
volt-meter, given that the fuse-box looks like this (viewed from the
front of
the car) L |--| R 1
|--| 2
|--| 3 (the numbering is my invention)
I measured the voltage at each of the connections (Left L and Right R on
1,2,3).
When I have ignition turned on (car not running) I get the following:
L1: 12V, L2, L3, R1, R2, R3: 0V
So it seems that there is no current to fuse no 2.
Well, I thought, if there is no current to fuse no 2, why don't I make a
bridge
from L1 to L2, and then it should work, but it did not. The reason I
attempted
this quick-fix was that I was on the road, it was getting dark, and it was
raining ...... Nevertheless, I completed my journey without further
problems.
Help!
Cheers
Romano
'77 Spit 1500
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