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Gunny

New Member

• Aug 21, 2012

• #1

Mk1 discovery couple of weeks ago my dash indicator light stopped working but my indicators are working fine, so fiddled with the indicator stalk and here and there the dash indicator display light came on, but it will not stay on so changed the indicator stalk but the display light still will not stay on when indicating. Anyone have any ideas why this should be

 

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discomark88

Active Member

• Aug 21, 2012

• #2

Relay under dash

 

discool

Well-Known Member

• Aug 21, 2012

• #3

Why change the stalk your problem is with the electronic relay, they have two circuits one for the external lamps the other for the interior dash lamp it's this circuit that has failed.

 

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Gunny

New Member

• Aug 21, 2012

• #4

discomark88 said:

Relay under dash

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thanks for the answer

 

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Gunny

New Member

• Aug 21, 2012

• #5

discool said:

Why change the stalk your problem is with the electronic relay, they have two circuits one for the external lamps the other for the interior dash lamp it's this circuit that has failed.

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Well I changed the stalk because I didn’t realise the problem was with the relay, my initial though was stalk as the light came on if I flicked the stalk, next stop would be the relay.

 

discool

Well-Known Member

• Aug 21, 2012

• #6

Gunny said:

Well I changed the stalk because I didn’t realise the problem was with the relay, my initial though was stalk as the light came on if I flicked the stalk, next stop would be the relay.

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Simple things first so that's the relay and just 30 seconds to change. Make sure your replacement is the same as, if you haven't got it yet.

 

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Gunny

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• Aug 21, 2012

• #7

discool said:

Simple things first so that's the relay and just 30 seconds to change. Make sure your replacement is the same as, if you haven't got it yet.

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Ok I got it will replace tomorrow

 

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Gunny

New Member

• Aug 23, 2012

• #8

Ok took relay out and opened the relay up gave it a good soak in WD40, then checked for dry joints, all clean all joints fine put it back in and is now working fine again.

 

discool

Well-Known Member

• Aug 23, 2012

• #9

Gunny said:

Ok took relay out and opened the relay up gave it a good soak in WD40, then checked for dry joints, all clean all joints fine put it back in and is now working fine again.

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Well done, repair is better than replacing sometimes