Interior Lights

Big Boaty · Aug 14th, 2014, 00:00

Thanks to Mike (thank you Mike, they arrived today!), I now have new door pins. I realise that what I mistakenly took to be blank covers are in fact the actuator, depressing the switch which presumably breaks the circuit. On mine, the rubber had perished away so wouldn't have been actuating.

That said, presumably with the light settings set to 'door' surely the lights should have been on all the time as the circuit wasn't being broken? So the system must have been disabled somehow. Does anyone happen to know if there's an individual fuse for the system, or where the likeliest place for someone to have disconnected something might be? I've not got the car or manuals with me to have a fiddle - he's tucked up in a garage the other side of the village. Maybe the light switch unit itself?

Cheers Guys!

Big Boaty · Aug 14th, 2014, 13:33

Update - had a bit of a result! The new switches are now working on three of the four doors. Naturally the law of sod dictates that the one that isn't working is the driver's! The wiring is just completely dead, and I'm b***ered if I'm going to start stripping panels to find the break. I'll settle for that!

Anadinolin · Aug 15th, 2014, 11:45

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Originally Posted by Big Boaty

Update - had a bit of a result! The new switches are now working on three of the four doors. Naturally the law of sod dictates that the one that isn't working is the driver's! The wiring is just completely dead, and I'm b***ered if I'm going to start stripping panels to find the break. I'll settle for that!

Same with mine!!! The lights buzzer still works though when I leave the headlights on and open the door..

Aug 14th, 2014, 00:00	#1
Big Boaty Junior Member Last Online: Dec 2nd, 2014 10:39 Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Chesterfield	Interior Lights Thanks to Mike (thank you Mike, they arrived today!), I now have new door pins. I realise that what I mistakenly took to be blank covers are in fact the actuator, depressing the switch which presumably breaks the circuit. On mine, the rubber had perished away so wouldn't have been actuating. That said, presumably with the light settings set to 'door' surely the lights should have been on all the time as the circuit wasn't being broken? So the system must have been disabled somehow. Does anyone happen to know if there's an individual fuse for the system, or where the likeliest place for someone to have disconnected something might be? I've not got the car or manuals with me to have a fiddle - he's tucked up in a garage the other side of the village. Maybe the light switch unit itself? Cheers Guys! __________________ 1991 460 Turbo Automatic - For Sale! 1996 960 CD 24V Automatic 1998 S70 CD Turbo Automatic

Aug 14th, 2014, 13:33	#2
Big Boaty Junior Member Last Online: Dec 2nd, 2014 10:39 Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Chesterfield	Update - had a bit of a result! The new switches are now working on three of the four doors. Naturally the law of sod dictates that the one that isn't working is the driver's! The wiring is just completely dead, and I'm b***ered if I'm going to start stripping panels to find the break. I'll settle for that! __________________ 1991 460 Turbo Automatic - For Sale! 1996 960 CD 24V Automatic 1998 S70 CD Turbo Automatic

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