21-02-2021, 09:58 PM
Well, at this point I suspect most of you have forgotten and thought I had finished fitting the LED indicators.
Wrong.
Cold and not getting it done happened.
Today and yesterday were warm days, so I got a few things done to the truck.
So this morning I started the process of tidying and wiring in the resistors and LED lamps.
Cut off .
New wires added as the bodged up U.K. MOT standard wiring is just so crappy, and throw out the day I realised that the flamed professionals we often hand out our cash to should not be allowed to eat with much more than a spoon.
Testing to ensure it all came together correctly.
Works
Then soldered and sealed up.
Then on to the second one, passenger side.
Look at all the damage where some genius cut the wires to add in the side repeaters, just incredible that two,cuts were needed.
Why an inch long extension?
Seriously.
Next up, I tried to figure what was up with the passenger side repeater that had stopped working previously.
Unravelling this lot, 3 random joins from,side repeaters to front of the truck where I was tidying up the wiring.
Again...... why?
Back to this mess on the passenger,front setup.
To see if I could figure the side repeaters out.
While I was disassembling the historical fixes, the side repeaters started to work again.
Dry joint?
I also opened and checked both rear lights, disassembled and reassembled it all.
The passenger side rear indicator bulb started to work after I pulled and refitted it.
Another mess to disassemble another day and rebuild more tidily
At this point I had tidied up, soldered and shrinked the second bulb fitting, and just wound it all together to test.
FAIL
Wrong.
Cold and not getting it done happened.
Today and yesterday were warm days, so I got a few things done to the truck.
So this morning I started the process of tidying and wiring in the resistors and LED lamps.
Cut off .
New wires added as the bodged up U.K. MOT standard wiring is just so crappy, and throw out the day I realised that the flamed professionals we often hand out our cash to should not be allowed to eat with much more than a spoon.
Testing to ensure it all came together correctly.
Works
Then soldered and sealed up.
Then on to the second one, passenger side.
Look at all the damage where some genius cut the wires to add in the side repeaters, just incredible that two,cuts were needed.
Why an inch long extension?
Seriously.
Next up, I tried to figure what was up with the passenger side repeater that had stopped working previously.
Unravelling this lot, 3 random joins from,side repeaters to front of the truck where I was tidying up the wiring.
Again...... why?
Back to this mess on the passenger,front setup.
To see if I could figure the side repeaters out.
While I was disassembling the historical fixes, the side repeaters started to work again.
Dry joint?
I also opened and checked both rear lights, disassembled and reassembled it all.
The passenger side rear indicator bulb started to work after I pulled and refitted it.
Another mess to disassemble another day and rebuild more tidily
At this point I had tidied up, soldered and shrinked the second bulb fitting, and just wound it all together to test.
FAIL