Sounds like the headlights are connected to the low tension side of the
ign.coil. How they did that is anyones guess.
The gauge problem is probably related but is symptomatic of a problem with
the bimetallic strip voltage regulator in the gauge cluster.
Kev Martin
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From: "uniken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 12:04 AM
Subject: RE: 1600 electrics
> sounds like a plain old shoddy job to me.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Richardson
> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 10:25 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: 1600 electrics
>
>
> Well guys and gals, I just had my first run in with the cops in my 1600...
> thankfully I remain on the road thanks to an unusually understanding one.
> It seems that after getting an alarm installed by a certain Adelaide
> workshop beginning with T and ending with onkins my headlights only work
> when the car is stationary. They flicker on and off really fast as the
car
> accelerates, and by the time it hits 60 the lights are out as is the whole
> instrument binnacle (except for the indicator lights, which are both on
> solid) The fuel gauge and temperature guage both go off the scale (which
> scared the living crap outta me as you could imagine... thought I was out
of
> coolant and crawled home the other night!)
>
> Could this have something to do with the alarm having being spliced into
the
> indicator circuit to give a nice flash when I arm and disarm it or just a
> plain old shoddy job? Or is this par-for-course for a 29 year old
1600.....
> has anybody had similar problems?
>
> Oh and sometimes the tacho bounces from left to right!
>
> I swear it was *all* okay before they got stuck into it!!
>
> - Tom
>
> PS thank goodness for mechanical speedo's hehe
>
>
>
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