G'day folks. So after the best part of 6 months trying to get these dash lights work in illuminating and they're still not working. So I'll try and cover one last time what I have done. All wires checked. Earth/ground points checked and cleaned where necessary. Plugs/connectors all checked. Connectors in the RHS kick panel have been removed and soldered as the connectors had a lot of corrosion on and in them. Dash binnacle removed and checked all bulbs, they were good. Checked power was getting to the bulbs both at the bulb and applying power to the pins that operate the lights and still not working. Tried a known used instrument cluster and that also didn't illuminate. When I turn on the ignition all of the warning lights etc. come on, the radio and HVAC dim as they should. The switches above the SAT NAV when pressed all of the lights work, just not the ones that illuminate them, so you can see what you're pressing in the dark. The centre console lights don't work around the gear selector and on the window panel. The cigarette lighter works as it should but the green ring doesn't illuminate.
So every single one of these bulbs and connectors have all been checked and had power applied to them to see the bulbs are good. I didn't want to rely on a visual check only. The fuse panel in the engine bay has been replaced as have all fuses. The BECM was sent off and any faults on it were cleared or fixed. I did find the green light for the clock had blown but the dash was all working correctly for the previous 2 years. So that's not the issue either.
So, where does this leave me? I am going to try and get the car through its MOT if I can. I know it needs two front tyres. The rears are new.
It's got the TC and ABS error for the front left abs sensor but that was replaced in January 2020. There shouldn't be anything else that would stop it from passing but I don't know.
The only option then is to sell the car because I just can't physically work on it anymore, I don't have a garage or workshop to put it into work on it, and, regardless, I can't afford to pay someone to do the work for me and the car needs a lot of work to get it to where I want it to be (I have quite a list of jobs to be done and prices of things needing to be replaced. The jobs needing to be done stop it from driving or make it unsafe to drive.
I've thought about keeping it for sentimental reasons but it would just sit there and it would get no further forward at all. So this means in the meantime through to the end of January we'll still be driving the car as normal.
We'll see what happens.
Again I say a big thank you to everyone that has offered advice over this past 6 months.

Craig
If the bulbs do not light when power is applied directly to the pins of the binnacle connector, then that can only be due to a break in the printed circuit in the binnacle that provides the voltage path or the earth path to the lamps. It's a simple circuit. However as various other back lights don't work, and you have tried another binnacle that should rule that out.
The lamps are fed from the BECM, a test lamp across the pins in the connector from the BECM would establish if there is voltage there.
Testing for voltage with a DVM is not always helpful as a DVM will show full voltage in a circuit that is unable to pass any current which is why I use a test lamp for this sort of thing.
 
I am Alan, daily on ebay and the other sites he advertises on plus a nice review on his website too. What goes around comes around in my book mate. LOL

* UPDATE*
Looks like he has come unstuck too Alan as T200LHE only sold for £5000 on ebay a few mins ago albeit i know this toss pot dealer will no doubt try and find a way to NOT let the lucky bidder have it for £5000 plus the FREE UK delivery he has offered too. The Red one he has on looks like that's going to dive bomb on him too. LMAO.

Greed always catches up on you in my book and i am chuffed to bits BUT sadly i fear he will negate on the auction winning bidder. It ain't even Tax. M.O.T'd or insured either.
Would be interesting to know if both bidders frequent on here??

Around June earlier in the year - i should have responded to this message for context!
 
Trying to decide what to do with my driver's seat before it wears through completely on the side bolster.
Actually thinking it looks like synthetic leather and not the real cow skin stuff! Guessing that doesn't impact how you bodge it up.. the only 'real' fix is replacement
 
Trying to decide what to do with my driver's seat before it wears through completely on the side bolster.
Actually thinking it looks like synthetic leather and not the real cow skin stuff! Guessing that doesn't impact how you bodge it up.. the only 'real' fix is replacement
Upholstery restorers can put a new panel in the leather but second hand seats are cheap in the UK and I think the passenger leather will fit the drivers seat but do check as I have yet to try it.
 
Upholstery restorers can put a new panel in the leather but second hand seats are cheap in the UK and I think the passenger leather will fit the drivers seat but do check as I have yet to try it.
The passenger side does fit the drivers side,be done it myself and dyed the leather to match the rest as the cover I was given was a different colour,thanks Pete.;)
 
Bought a replacement key fob off of the bay of E, £10 just to steal the battery holder thing for my key so now I should have 2 for the old girl.

Filled it with LPG again too, 55ppl vs 1.46ppl no brainer and at 16mpg on Gas I'm looking at equivalent of over 30mpg so I'm happy.. :)
Robbing Bar stewards round here wanting 89.9p ltr for gas. Coming to you for mine from now on..
 
Ah, right I do hope you get the car and your happy with it.;):D I've tagged @Enthusiastman he'll be very interested.
I am sure the dodgy dealer named Ford Mather will negate on the deal again. He is a greedy **** and i am glad it has all back fired on him. The car is STILL NOT got an M.O.T on it and it failed an earlier attempt a month or so ago so TREAD CAREFULLY i say and DONT HAND OVER ANY MONIES YET. You have been warned the saying goes.
He screwed me over and then hid the car away for months thinking the dust would settle before relisting it with his BS listing rubbish. The car is a shed and i would not touch it now if it were free. I bet any M.O.T on it will be a BENT one too as loads was wrong with it and the body work was bodged up too as it was in a poor state.
He has had several FAILED attempts to sell it again too at 10k and downwards and back to the 6k i was paying him. Greedy **** he is and a liar too. Plenty more out there in better condition with TRUE histories and NOT fabricated BS ones like he had. T200LHE - AVOID.
 
I am sure the dodgy dealer named Ford Mather will negate on the deal again. He is a greedy **** and i am glad it has all back fired on him. The car is STILL NOT got an M.O.T on it and it failed an earlier attempt a month or so ago so TREAD CAREFULLY i say and DONT HAND OVER ANY MONIES YET. You have been warned the saying goes.
He screwed me over and then hid the car away for months thinking the dust would settle before relisting it with his BS listing rubbish. The car is a shed and i would not touch it now if it were free. I bet any M.O.T on it will be a BENT one too as loads was wrong with it and the body work was bodged up too as it was in a poor state.
He has had several FAILED attempts to sell it again too at 10k and downwards and back to the 6k i was paying him. Greedy **** he is and a liar too. Plenty more out there in better condition with TRUE histories and NOT fabricated BS ones like he had. T200LHE - AVOID.

I get the distinct feeling you wouldn't buy this guy a pint if you met him in a pub then:p:p:D.

J
 
Trying to decide what to do with my driver's seat before it wears through completely on the side bolster.
Actually thinking it looks like synthetic leather and not the real cow skin stuff! Guessing that doesn't impact how you bodge it up.. the only 'real' fix is replacement
The leather in the P38 is Connolly leather, infact the last vehicle to have it fitted before they went bust in 2003..

If you want cheap leather buy an L322 ;)
 

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