a new acquisition

[sonoramicommando]

Fiddled with the instrument panel and it does work when idling at rest. Maybe I'll go for a drive tomorrow and see what happens. Speedo cable, it feels like clicked in (tried it with the instrument panel out for comparison) - hopefully it'll work, fingers crossed.
Oh by the way the boot open light switch is a bit rubbish, isn't it?

[Stonehopper]

Most likely a disturbed poor connection on the electrics. And if the boot light switch is anything like mine - rubbish. It's a gravity actuated little cylinder attached to the boot lid which tips as the lid is lifted, causing a weight within to slide to one end thereby making a bridge across two contacts. Replaced with new and still rubbish.

[sonoramicommando]

Update: test drive was mostly successful. Speedo cable is properly hooked up and operational but electrics still dropped out a few times, although only momentarily. The only give away was the digital clock resetting itself to 10:00. I think it happened 3-4 times in 15km journey. The worst part of it is losing hazard light, surely it has to be on a separate circuit...

[Gsbx1220]

I had similar with mine. No indicators or instruments. After some investigation, I found it was the ignition switch. A bit of a pig to change, but one changed all was well.

[sonoramicommando]

I had similar with mine. No indicators or instruments. After some investigation, I found it was the ignition switch. A bit of a pig to change, but one changed all was well.

Thanks - I did look at the ignition switch for a different reason (offset from the key hole) and it looked a bit awkward. I hope I won't have to change it, fingers crossed...

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