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4 electric faults

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1my battery gets drained easy had it chckd while it was running showed fine my brake lights and horn dnt work the earth at the bottom of my steering rack isnt giving me a light with my 12 volt tester an i cnt find wat the other end is connected 2 . help would be much welcome.i have searched thru the wiki and will try following some other routes but sum 1 with a bit of knowledge wouldnt go a miss cheers :ok

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My battery gets drained easily, I had it checked while it was running, which showed fine (charging OK)
My brake lights and horn don't work, the earth at the bottom of my steering rack isnt giving me a light with my 12 volt tester, an i can't find what the other end is connected to.
Any help would be much welcome.i have searched throughu the wiki and will try following some other routes but some one with a bit of knowledge, wouldnt go a miss cheers

So I presume you checked the fuses and the switch on the brake lights? (see haynes)
The horn, try running a wire from a good earth to the switch in the wheel, The horn ring is prone to rot. so have a look at that.
earth on the steering rack... Not sure if you mean the rack under the van?
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av chekd d fuses an took dm out an chekd da d wer live as for the horn sum 1s put a new 1 on but am strugln 2 find the brake light switch as acant c round the back 2 c wer it is cheers fella

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I no I cant spell but I defo cant read text language! Put it in "normal" you might get some more help?
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baddad wrote:av chekd d fuses an took dm out an chekd da d wer live as for the horn sum 1s put a new 1 on but am strugln 2 find the brake light switch as acant c round the back 2 c wer it is cheers fella

What the blithering heck

give us a chance and write it properly.. :D
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sorry people i have checked the fuses they are all ok and tested that they are all live it as a new horn wich i will test tomorrow

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have you checked both sides of the fuse, sounds daft, but I've tested fuses before and the was the connection in the fuse box!
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thats wer my problem is lying the fuse box is slightly melted got a tester on it and the fuse is live but im not always getn a light on the brown and blue wire and its realy hard trying to test the wire at the back of the fuse box cheers

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Fuse box comes out easy phillips screw at the base and it lifts out.
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Disconnect battery first.
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