any car mecahnics on here?

[Essex_Mike]

my mate tried to change his head unit in his car, and managed to balls it up. none of the incar lights work now and neitherd oes the new head unit. i wasn;t there when he did it so could be other things wrong aswell.

he's checked the fuses, what else should he check? regards, Mike
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CBT - Passed - 14/07/2006 Theory - Passed - 19/08/2006 A2 test - Passed -19/07/2007
Previous Bike - Suzuki EN125
Current Bike - Suzuki GS500F

[Davo]

What car is it?

I'd still be looking at the fuses.

Do the rest of the electrics work fine?

[Essex_Mike]

nissan micra N reg. 1997 i think that is. how can you tell if a fuse has blown? as he didn;t actually replace any. he said his friend just looked at them
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CBT - Passed - 14/07/2006 Theory - Passed - 19/08/2006 A2 test - Passed -19/07/2007
Previous Bike - Suzuki EN125
Current Bike - Suzuki GS500F

[Davo]

[Essex_Mike]

ok, i'll tell my mate and hopefully he can sort it out from there.

Cheers for your help
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CBT - Passed - 14/07/2006 Theory - Passed - 19/08/2006 A2 test - Passed -19/07/2007
Previous Bike - Suzuki EN125
Current Bike - Suzuki GS500F

[Essex_Mike]

my friend has done some searching on the net. he has come up with a whole list of fuses he can check.

and wnats to know what are the most likely fuses to have blown...

Inside...

ST signal,
room lamp,
stop lamp,
Horn,
FR FOG driver.L ,
HAzard lamp,
tail (RHD) Lamp,
Turn signal,
meter,
idle up,
eng control,
fuel pump,
air Bag,
heater blower,
audio,
rr wiper,
fr wiper,
cig lighter,
rr DEMist



under bonnet

RAD fan,
engine cont,
inhibit ,
CVT Cont ,
Idle Up,
air con

or...
FL30 A ABS MTR,
FL 30 A IGN SW.





so for the whole list, ive just copied and pasted most his email to me.


regards, Mike
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CBT - Passed - 14/07/2006 Theory - Passed - 19/08/2006 A2 test - Passed -19/07/2007
Previous Bike - Suzuki EN125
Current Bike - Suzuki GS500F

[feef]

[Essex_Mike]

sorry i didn;t read the list before posting. just stuck it straight on here.


edit: my mate has checked that and its fine
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CBT - Passed - 14/07/2006 Theory - Passed - 19/08/2006 A2 test - Passed -19/07/2007
Previous Bike - Suzuki EN125
Current Bike - Suzuki GS500F

[scoota bk]

Was he cutting wires or did he do it the "proper" way and buy the right harness?

And he has checked ALL the fuses, and he does know what a blown fuse looks like!?

[Essex_Mike]

he knows what a broken fuse looks like. i sent him the picture from above. i think he has checked the majority of them now.

not got a clue tbh on how he fitted it
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CBT - Passed - 14/07/2006 Theory - Passed - 19/08/2006 A2 test - Passed -19/07/2007
Previous Bike - Suzuki EN125
Current Bike - Suzuki GS500F

[Drew]

[Essex_Mike]

Oh, okay. just told him about the multimeter. im gona try find a cheap one on the net
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CBT - Passed - 14/07/2006 Theory - Passed - 19/08/2006 A2 test - Passed -19/07/2007
Previous Bike - Suzuki EN125
Current Bike - Suzuki GS500F

[Drew]

a bulb will work to check them easy enough


positive to one side of bulb
negative to other side (via the fuse)

ms paint pic........

(do not tough the 2 ends of wire or that will blow the fuse)

[beatnck]

definatly sounds like a fuse to me..
(and theres my helpfull hint of the day! )