300tdi rear bumper change lights not working!!

The Mad Hat Man said:

Disconnect the shorted wires and use a 200tdi flasher unit.

The 300tdi needs all the bulbs to flash correctly. By bridging the wires, yu have shorted the output. Hence blown fuse.

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Tuskenraider said:

Never connect a supply and earth wire together :mil90:

You can get dropping resistors off ebay that you can put in place of the bulb holders that simulate there is a bulb in situ. They are only about £5 a pair IIRC.

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alexr said:

Cool I'll try this flasher unit first if I can then this will be my next plan of action

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Dippypud said:

Our one was behind the steering column ...

on a small aux relay board ...

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alexr said:

I recently changed the rear bumper on my 300tdi for one off a 200tdi without the light clusters in.
After changing the bumpers I just took the bulbs out of the holders and tucked them away. This led to the indicators double flashing! So I thought the solution would be to chop the holders off and bridge the wires. But this stopped all the rear lights including indicators from working. It had blown a fuse so I changed the fuse. I took the holders back off and don't know where to go from here!
Can anybody shed any light on my situation?
Thanks
Alex

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Soloby Rob said:

Bloody hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't do anything else to your vehicle, ever. Take it to a garage, even for a tyre pressure check or windscreen washer bottle top up.

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alexr said:

Hahaha where's the washer bottle again? Underneath the back seats? Haha

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Soloby Rob said:

Well done, at least you've found it.

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