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4) Yellow blinking light to remind you that its time you pulled over and had a pee (user adjustable timer)
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5. Sensors fitted to each individual CV bolt to detect if any go loose with a 24 LED display so you know instantly which one and when you crawl underneath the bolt lights up. :D
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6 - An ice blue one to let you know when the beer in the fridge is cold enough.
7 - One that is on a re-settable 12 month timer, to tell you your MOT is about to run out (not altogether silly that one).
8 - A flashing tri-colour one, red/amber/yellow, and a siren, indicating "I bliddy knew I should have replaced that dodgy fuel line"
9 - A very grey one, to warn you the Radio4 afternoon play is about to come on.
10 - ...........

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10. "Thats done it" Brown lamp. Autodials your recovery service.

PS I do like the mot countdown idea! A bit like the service timers in newer cars.
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At this point we need one that will come on to let us know that one of the others is not operating correctly.

11 - A warning light system failure warning light.
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Best not to mess about then. Sod it, completely remove dash and replace the lot with a panel like this. There should also be a turbo display for when you reach 70 going downhill fully laden with appropriate warp drive noises:

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A black one that lights up black letters on a black background to tell you the stereo is on too loud...
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A windscreen that shows a peaceful beach scene automatically when driving through rough areas.

This does take a certain amount of trust that you're still driving in a straight line though. :lol:
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A light that you don't know what it is for but intermittently comes on so it gives you something else to worry about.
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sternal wrote:Cant one of you put me out of my misery and tell me which one of the two wires it is directly from the fan 1st speed setting :rofl or is this thread going to take 3 pages... :run
Just in case you're still reading this thread - I'd say it's the BLACK RED for the 'slow' fan setting (as it's not going through the relay ?
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12) A "You've left the fridge on the wrong setting AGAIN!" warning light
13) A "You've forgotten to clip down the roof AGAIN!'" warning light
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lefty67 wrote:A light that you don't know what it is for but intermittently comes on so it gives you something else to worry about.
Isn't that all the lights we currently have?? :? :?
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MidLifeCrisis wrote:
12) A "You've left the fridge on the wrong setting AGAIN!" warning light

I've already got one of those :roll: 8)
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ghost123uk wrote:
MidLifeCrisis wrote:
12) A "You've left the fridge on the wrong setting AGAIN!" warning light

I've already got one of those :roll: 8)
Do tell? :?:
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And there is of course that mysterious green light that never comes on. Thanks to Trucker, I now know what it's for.
But back to the beginning. The important thing is to keep an eye on the temperature gauge, that's what I do. That way deafness doesn't matter. If the gauge goes too high - stop!

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Okay thanks for all your replies which are of course funny :rofl in all seriousness which wire from the diagram on page 1 is the 1st setting for the fan ?

With the rumble of the finely NASA tuned 1.6n/a engine and my deafness hearing the fan isnt always an option !

Having read other posts on chicken wiring the fan others have put a light on as well also seems to popular on TR6s :lol:

Will this make it to page 3 ?
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