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Cheers Steve.
Sounds like a nightmare and a right pain in the rear to sort.
I will run a check on the hazards but if that fails I will begin looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack which I know will be painful.
Old electrics are certainly testing !!!
Well, once you get into problems with the main loom it can tax your patience a bit! To be fair, even on old cars like ours with electrical transmission by the "prince of darkness" Joe Lucas, these problems are remarkably rare. Just your bad luck to have found one!
More often than not (and i'm decidedly NOT pointing a finger at Will or anyone else in particular) they are down to operator or mechanic error rather than an intrinsic fault in the system. It's sadly true that most people have trouble making a tidy job of fitting a simple stereo, let alone anything more complicated.
I can completely remove and refit a main loom to a Dolomite in less than half a day, without reference to a wiring diagram. But i've done a "few" and Lucas colour codes are etched on my subconscious. And unlike most mechanics, I actually enjoy car wiring!
Just as well really as I get involved in some spectacularly convoluted jobs sometimes, my current "Project Dolomega" Vauxhall Omega powered Sprint auto has 3 discrete looms, 2 fuse boxes containing a total of 23 fuses and 14 relays, ECUs for engine AND transmission, "fly by wire" throttle and lots more electrickery. It keeps me out of the pub!
If you were a bit closer, i'd pop over and fix it for you.
Steve