Electrical help please

Alan · 23-02-17, 07:20 PM

Hi guys.

I bought my 97 cabby in November and put in storage until the sun arrives. I have discovered
that the dash lights, back number plate lights and the glove compartment lights don't work.
I have changed the fuse as they are all on the same one still no joy.
Someone has had a go at it because the glove light has been disconected and the
sound proofing has been taken off the boot lid.
Any one have any ideas before i take it to the auto sparky?
Many thanks.

John. · 23-02-17, 07:26 PM

Wiring diagram might be your friend here, presumably they all share the same source of power.........I'm thinking light switch or wiring from the light switch?

Alan · 23-02-17, 09:09 PM

Would a diagnostic machine hook up tell me more accurately, assuming one could be used on
this age car?

mikes2 · 23-02-17, 09:21 PM

Diagnostics only work on the engine and ABS at that age.

This is the circuit for the glovebox light

http://s2-audi.co.uk/workshop/schema...ul92/page3.png.

Grey / green wire goes more or less direct to fuse 14.

Does your car have autocheck ? If it does, it will also go to T26 pin 1 for the dash cluster. T26 is yellow.

From there it goes to E20 which is the dash dimmer

Alan · 25-02-17, 12:34 PM

Thanks chaps.
Time to get the dash out me thinks.

Minty · 25-02-17, 12:54 PM

Hello Stranger

Good to hear from you again - off topic but have you still got your GT?

Alan · 25-02-17, 04:24 PM

Hello Minty.
All ways loitering around here most days.
Thanks for asking about the GT, sad news a petrol pipe came off during a run, went
all over the hot manifold and up it went. I had that car for 30 years

Now have my second favorite car. Hope the pictures work.
Need some sun now i'm itching to get it out the garage.
Cheers.

Minty · 25-02-17, 06:57 PM

Disaster Alan. There was a thread on here some months ago referring to a Copart advert with pics of a burnt out silver GT, giving a Norfolk location iirc - really sorry to hear it was yours.

The Cabby looks good and a worthy replacement. Originally a north Wales car so local to me going by the plate. Good luck with it

Alan · 26-02-17, 11:01 AM

Don't know if that was the same one. This is the newspapper cutting of my disaster in Cambridge
about 1 mile from where i live.
Looking foward to one of my regular visits to Liverpool to visit the inlaws with the cabby.

GT.jpg

msh · 26-02-17, 11:46 AM

Does the side marker lights, or whatever they're called in british english, both front and rear, work?

23-02-17, 09:21 PM	#4
mikes2 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Polmont Posts: 2,617	Diagnostics only work on the engine and ABS at that age. This is the circuit for the glovebox light http://s2-audi.co.uk/workshop/schema...ul92/page3.png. Grey / green wire goes more or less direct to fuse 14. Does your car have autocheck ? If it does, it will also go to T26 pin 1 for the dash cluster. T26 is yellow. From there it goes to E20 which is the dash dimmer __________________ 1991 90 quattro 20v sport 1991 90 quattro

25-02-17, 12:54 PM	#6
Minty Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Wirral Posts: 1,528	Hello Stranger Good to hear from you again - off topic but have you still got your GT? __________________ 1984 GT5E Topaz Green 1982 GT5S Helios Blue - now in Ireland 1983 GT5E Topaz Green - donor 1986 GT 2.0 Tornado Red - long gone 2001 A6 2.4 V6 - exported to Ireland

25-02-17, 06:57 PM	#8
Minty Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Wirral Posts: 1,528	Disaster Alan. There was a thread on here some months ago referring to a Copart advert with pics of a burnt out silver GT, giving a Norfolk location iirc - really sorry to hear it was yours. The Cabby looks good and a worthy replacement. Originally a north Wales car so local to me going by the plate. Good luck with it __________________ 1984 GT5E Topaz Green 1982 GT5S Helios Blue - now in Ireland 1983 GT5E Topaz Green - donor 1986 GT 2.0 Tornado Red - long gone 2001 A6 2.4 V6 - exported to Ireland

26-02-17, 11:01 AM	#9
Alan Grown up member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Cambridge Posts: 87	Don't know if that was the same one. This is the newspapper cutting of my disaster in Cambridge about 1 mile from where i live. Looking foward to one of my regular visits to Liverpool to visit the inlaws with the cabby.GT.jpg

26-02-17, 11:46 AM	#10
msh 4 ring whore! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Rucava, Latvija Posts: 3,816	Does the side marker lights, or whatever they're called in british english, both front and rear, work? Last edited by msh; 26-02-17 at 11:51 AM.

23-02-17, 07:26 PM	#2
John. 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Scottish Borders. Posts: 7,526	Wiring diagram might be your friend here, presumably they all share the same source of power.........I'm thinking light switch or wiring from the light switch?

23-02-17, 09:09 PM	#3
Alan Grown up member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Cambridge Posts: 87	Would a diagnostic machine hook up tell me more accurately, assuming one could be used on this age car?

25-02-17, 12:34 PM	#5
Alan Grown up member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Cambridge Posts: 87	Thanks chaps. Time to get the dash out me thinks.