Failed MOT, finding the earth fault! Help or ideas?

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Re: Failed MOT, finding the earth fault! Help or ideas?

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Where abouts are those crowns located?
All my lights, brake lights and indicators work apart from the rear clusters are really dim. Could this be a good place to start?
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Re: Failed MOT, finding the earth fault! Help or ideas?

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Hi
they are behind the fuse box. Open the dash pocket and look up and to the left... BUT there is also another in the engine compartment, near the tail light clusters, according to the wiring diagrams in my Haynes...

Anyone else help re the location of this/these others please...?

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Re: Failed MOT, finding the earth fault! Help or ideas?

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fairwynds wrote:Hi
they are behind the fuse box. Open the dash pocket and look up and to the left... BUT there is also another in the engine compartment, near the tail light clusters, according to the wiring diagrams in my Haynes...

Anyone else help re the location of this/these others please...?

FW
Nice one cheers, cleaned them up last night as they were heavily corroded. :( Think i'll need to replace the crimped wire end as well as they were really corroded.
And thanks for the heads up on the tail light one, i'll have a look for that tonight as it may be just as bad as the front ones.
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