Faulty hazard flasher
03-08-2020, 09:17 PM
#16
Team Owner
If you let the smoke out of a wire,
its prudent to drop the CE panel and inspect the backside of the panel.
Your looking for gray wires that look satin gray,
this will be one of the wires that got hot,
also looking for where this wire could have melted into another wire
its prudent to drop the CE panel and inspect the backside of the panel.
Your looking for gray wires that look satin gray,
this will be one of the wires that got hot,
also looking for where this wire could have melted into another wire
03-08-2020, 09:21 PM
#17
Rennlist Member
If you let the smoke out of a wire,
its prudent to drop the CE panel and inspect the backside of the panel.
You're looking for gray wires that look satin gray,
this will be one of the wires that got hot,
also looking for where this wire could have melted into another wire
its prudent to drop the CE panel and inspect the backside of the panel.
You're looking for gray wires that look satin gray,
this will be one of the wires that got hot,
also looking for where this wire could have melted into another wire
03-08-2020, 11:32 PM
#18
Team Owner
thats one way to fix the CE panel
03-09-2020, 09:50 AM
#19
Three Wheelin'
Another point to mention that I have repaired in my pod...
On a couple of different occasions, as I have been reinserting the switches into the holes in the pod, I have had a wire from the switch harness get caught between the switch body and the aluminum pod shell. Obviously this has resulted in chaffing of the wire. In my cases, the offending wires were always the black/blue wires (the illumination circuit around the pod and dash), so, had I not caught it, it would have blown the fuse as soon as I turned the lights on. BUT...I am sure that there is always the potential that any of those wires in the switch harness could get caught as they are being pushed in.
Also had the primary power wire for the headlight switch slide backwards out of the switch housing one time (I assume the retaining tab is broken). Another thing to watch for. The plastic in these Hella switches (at least on my 83) is VERY brittle and does not seem to have aged well - I am sure heat from the sun on the dash has not helped the cause.
Just passing along.
On a couple of different occasions, as I have been reinserting the switches into the holes in the pod, I have had a wire from the switch harness get caught between the switch body and the aluminum pod shell. Obviously this has resulted in chaffing of the wire. In my cases, the offending wires were always the black/blue wires (the illumination circuit around the pod and dash), so, had I not caught it, it would have blown the fuse as soon as I turned the lights on. BUT...I am sure that there is always the potential that any of those wires in the switch harness could get caught as they are being pushed in.
Also had the primary power wire for the headlight switch slide backwards out of the switch housing one time (I assume the retaining tab is broken). Another thing to watch for. The plastic in these Hella switches (at least on my 83) is VERY brittle and does not seem to have aged well - I am sure heat from the sun on the dash has not helped the cause.
Just passing along.