31-07-2022, 02:27 PM
(This post was last modified: 31-07-2022, 02:28 PM by PedigreeChummy.)
Hi gents.
First post on here for what seems like an eternity... must be a sign that everything has been running well, UNTIL...
Took the dash panel off to check if there was some minor blockage in the oil pressure line to the gauge, as only tapping it over the past 6 months has caused it to work... now wishing i hadn't as there were two wires seemingly unconnected to anything that were badly insulated behind the dash,remnants of electrical tape on them. They touched and something shorted.
Now i have no dash panel instruments working, no ammeter reading, no running lights at all, fuel pump isn't kicking in when I turn the ignition key, no horn etc., however the starter motor is turning over at full strength, rotor arm turning in the distributor and points opening and closing correctly but no spark. 6v to everything as normal, including fuel pump, coil, the whole shebang, no fuses blown in the CFR (tried them with new ones just in case...). What am I missing? The dark arts of electrics not my forte.
1932 Tourer, for what it's worth...
Help!
First post on here for what seems like an eternity... must be a sign that everything has been running well, UNTIL...
Took the dash panel off to check if there was some minor blockage in the oil pressure line to the gauge, as only tapping it over the past 6 months has caused it to work... now wishing i hadn't as there were two wires seemingly unconnected to anything that were badly insulated behind the dash,remnants of electrical tape on them. They touched and something shorted.
Now i have no dash panel instruments working, no ammeter reading, no running lights at all, fuel pump isn't kicking in when I turn the ignition key, no horn etc., however the starter motor is turning over at full strength, rotor arm turning in the distributor and points opening and closing correctly but no spark. 6v to everything as normal, including fuel pump, coil, the whole shebang, no fuses blown in the CFR (tried them with new ones just in case...). What am I missing? The dark arts of electrics not my forte.
1932 Tourer, for what it's worth...
Help!