No horn or interior lights?? 81 2door Rangie

**critical_movement** · 15th February 2011, 10:02 PM

Ok,Just bought my first Rangie,doing the RWC last week I had to fix my worn indicator stalk because the indicators weren't canceling,during this process i accidentally touched the horn circuit with a screwdriver and popped the fuse.....So since I didn't have any glass fuses handy,I used the old ciggi wrapper trick for a temp fix.....sorted it out! horn and everything was working fine.
So i buy some new fuses,Whack one in and now the horn n int light dont work at all?
Only thing that happened is i smashed the glass in the "foil fuse" removing it,could i have possibly damaged the connection? or just blown something a bit further down the line?
Yes,I know i could go use a test light and figure it out,but i dont wanna stab a bunch of random wires in trial n error only to create further problems down the track!
Just some guidance would be much appreciated
Cheers
Josh

**bee utey** · 15th February 2011, 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by critical_movement

Ok,Just bought my first Rangie,doing the RWC last week I had to fix my worn indicator stalk because the indicators weren't canceling,during this process i accidentally touched the horn circuit with a screwdriver and popped the fuse.....So since I didn't have any glass fuses handy,I used the old ciggi wrapper trick for a temp fix.....sorted it out! horn and everything was working fine.
So i buy some new fuses,Whack one in and now the horn n int light dont work at all?
Only thing that happened is i smashed the glass in the "foil fuse" removing it,could i have possibly damaged the connection? or just blown something a bit further down the line?
Yes,I know i could go use a test light and figure it out,but i dont wanna stab a bunch of random wires in trial n error only to create further problems down the track!
Just some guidance would be much appreciated
Cheers
Josh

You really need a multi meter or a testlight before you get excited. They are good for testing all sorts of things. You can always make a primitive test light out of a spare globe and holder. Also cheap fuses are crud, they are often just glued together. Find some end-soldered fuses, eg Narva.

**critical_movement** · 15th February 2011, 10:53 PM

I have a test light good to go,and the fuses i bought were Narva!?

sorta just wanted to know if there's anything else known for going in this area before i start stabbing wires!

cheers

**critical_movement** · 16th February 2011, 09:23 AM

ok,there's a short somewhere behind the fuse box....I was playing around with some wires and the light came on,then off,haha so i whacked some duct tape around it and it came on....sorted!
for the time being anyway.....I got a rego appointment later today,if they had of asked me to blast the horn i would of been out of there,to fix it!
No joy!

but im confident my duct tape fix will get me through for now,ill pull it appart at a later date and re cover some wires,try to fix the short

It's prob from someone stabbing **** previously with a test light.......

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