philhoward
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| posted on 17/6/09 at 06:18 PM |
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URGENT electrical help needed Tiger Cat
I have not run my car for two weeks and have come to start it and the only thing that works is the headlights and horn. Everything else is dead. The
battery is fully charged so it is not that. I have checked all fuses and all OK. Even turning the ignition key does nothing
I have an MOT booked for Friday
Any ideas??
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owelly
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| posted on 17/6/09 at 06:20 PM |
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Does it have a master fuse or a fusable link anywhere? WHat about a master cut-out? They have been known to get cruddy inside.
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grusks2
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| posted on 17/6/09 at 06:20 PM |
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I used to have a CAT
Try
Blown fuse (under dash passengers side,
Stuck ign relay ( next to fuse box )
Faulty Ign switch
[Edited on 17/6/09 by grusks2]
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fesycresy
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| posted on 17/6/09 at 06:21 PM |
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If the battery is fully charged and not fuct, check everything is earthed.
Continuity test it, don't do it visually.
I'd try another battery first, lights and horn take a lot less current than a starter.
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Steve G
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| posted on 17/6/09 at 06:23 PM |
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Sounds like you just have items that may well be permanent live - no idea on the Tiger loom soecifically sorry. I'd be looking at the back of
the ignition switch (or the switch itself) to see if you are getting a switched feed output to the rest of the loom
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RichardK
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| posted on 17/6/09 at 06:24 PM |
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Did you install the electrics? Has it got an isolator switch, have you tried to start it with the isolator switch to off as some pepole have put
small fuses across the terminals that intentionally blow if somebody tries to start it without the key but is designed to allow the hazards to work
without the master key. Not sure why the horn and lights work though.
I'm still thinking !!!
Rich
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philhoward
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| posted on 17/6/09 at 06:36 PM |
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I have just managed to get it to work when I turned the ignition switch, then put the hazard light switch on and it all went off again. Is it likely
to be something to do with the relays. I have 2 relays by my fuse box. What do these do?
[Edited on 17/6/09 by philhoward]
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RichardK
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| posted on 17/6/09 at 06:44 PM |
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Got owt like this ?
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Steve G
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| posted on 17/6/09 at 06:45 PM |
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Dont want to ask the obvious but you have checked for decent earth's off both chassis and engine? Is there a switch somewhere between the ign
switch and starter solenoid
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RichardK
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| posted on 17/6/09 at 06:49 PM |
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relays prevent switches from getting burnt out as the switch sort of triggers bigger contacts in the relay which supply the device/item, that's
how I think of them anyway!
Pull out the relays, one maybe flasher relay and the other maybe for a horn. Ignition should work without either.
Cheers
Rich
[Edited on 17/6/09 by RichardK]
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philhoward
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| posted on 17/6/09 at 06:57 PM |
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All sorted now. It was a dodgy connection on the starter motor.
Many thanks for your help guys
Phil
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