Nick Farrow
Donation Time
Hi all,
My new purchase (Series 3 GT) is causing a few headaches due to some electrical issues. When I bought it, the ignition light was on all the time (one reason why I got the car cheaper), and I have recently replaced both the dynamo and the dynamo regulator. This seemed to have solved the problem....there is a but! I took the car for a ten mile run last night but after about 8 miles it blew the 'ignition on' fuse (indicators, gauges etc) and shortly afterwards the ignition light came on again. I changed the fuse this morning and all seemed well - the ignition light was off and everything seemed to be working....but after a short test drive, the ignition light came on again, but it was getting dimmer as engine speed increased (but never going out). I've also noticed that all the guages show higher readings as the engine speed increases (the temp guage scared the crap out of me at one point, but I knew it wasn't overheating as the oil pressure was still good). Also, the ammeter seems to be showing a positive reading all the time - I thought that it should mainly stay at zero or a tiny bit positive/negative depending on engine speed and electrical load.
Has anyone got any ideas what might be happening as electrical stuff goes way over my head!
Cheers
Nick
My new purchase (Series 3 GT) is causing a few headaches due to some electrical issues. When I bought it, the ignition light was on all the time (one reason why I got the car cheaper), and I have recently replaced both the dynamo and the dynamo regulator. This seemed to have solved the problem....there is a but! I took the car for a ten mile run last night but after about 8 miles it blew the 'ignition on' fuse (indicators, gauges etc) and shortly afterwards the ignition light came on again. I changed the fuse this morning and all seemed well - the ignition light was off and everything seemed to be working....but after a short test drive, the ignition light came on again, but it was getting dimmer as engine speed increased (but never going out). I've also noticed that all the guages show higher readings as the engine speed increases (the temp guage scared the crap out of me at one point, but I knew it wasn't overheating as the oil pressure was still good). Also, the ammeter seems to be showing a positive reading all the time - I thought that it should mainly stay at zero or a tiny bit positive/negative depending on engine speed and electrical load.
Has anyone got any ideas what might be happening as electrical stuff goes way over my head!
Cheers
Nick