Might it be easier just to run a new wire from the fuse outlet to the headlight ?
I take it you've inspected the joints in the loom going to the nosecone where the original Ford loom has to be extended to reach. One side of the alternator warning light is feed from an ignition switched feed (the same one as the oil warning light), the other comes from the output on the alternator. An alternator will often self excite (oo err) once the engine gets over about 3000rpm due to residual magnetism in the alternator. My 2+2 one does that all the time as i fitted an LED instead of a bulb, if you do this put a suitable resistor in parallel with the led. I've not done it yet so mine doesn't start charging until i rev it over 3k for the first time. Anyway, back to yours, if you start the engine but without reving it does the alternator charge then ? It is possible for the warning light output from the alternator to fail but not the main one. Mk3 and Mk4/5 Fiesta dashs have been fitted to the 2+2 and saloons but apart from having to cut down the width the main problems are the bigger heater assys behind the dash (which you need to match the dash so all the vents work) and the the steering column / shrouds etc (as the Fiesta has a angled solid column. As has been said Darren has done it but with major mods to the bulkhead/scuttle area. Jim barnacle wrote: > Finally got the chance to get back to the 2+2 and finish putting it > back together. You may remember I stripped out all the dash to get to > the wiring loom in an attempt to sort out a blowing fuse on the right- > hand driver's dipped beam... > > Well, I can grab the loom anywhere along its length and give it a dam > good tug, shake, and general abuse; nothing happens. Drive it over a > road hump and *pop* there goes the fuse. Oh dear. > > I'm blowed if I can find it. The loom is such a mess anyway, I may > just rip the whole thing out and start again. As there's an MOT due > next week, I've temporarily linked the left and right dips from the > left hand feed. The current load is OK, though I've put a slightly > larger fuse in to avoid power-on blows. > > Also needed new gaiters for the steering rack - an easy job, didn't > even have to take the wheels off! > > One thing is puzzling me - no alternator warning light with ignition > on but engine off. The bulb is OK and the alternator appears to be > charging - 14v with the engine at tickover - and I don't understand > this: normally, the exciter for the alternator is fed via the bulb. Mr > Haynes is less than obvious about where it's fed on the Fiesta. The > bulb though appears to reference to a ground and the alternator seems > to have two permanent live feeds (though I could be wrong, the > diagrams are about as unclear as its possible to get). So I dunno > what's going on there... > > A final question: is it a reasonably simple job to replace the dash > and fan and instruments with something from a later model? Are fiestas > the same width as each other? Any good recommendations? > > Neil > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Quantum Owners Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/quantumowners?hl=en IMPORTANT NOTE: All information presented herewith is provided on an "As Is" basis, without warranty or the implication thereof. Neither the Quantum Owners Club nor the individuals associated with the Quantum Owners Club or in the preparation of the above information shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the instructions contained within this or related message(s). -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
