Help! Indicators not working

[Mamps 0]

I've recently replaced the cylinder head on my 2L 16V so i went to get my MOT and it failed on headlights dimming when indiators used.

I drove the car home and when i got there i realised that the indicators wern't working, i then put my hazzards on and something blew and smelt quite bad. Anyway, the relay was buzzing after this, so i replaced the relay and the fuses.

So, now when i put my left indicators on, all is fine.

When i put my right ones on, the fuse blows,

and when i put my hazzards on the fuse blows. Any ideas???

 

Oh, and also i don't think my headlights are dimming anymore?!??

[Riley 0]

hmmm,obviously a short somewhere then...

 

i think the first place to check is the side repeater on the drivers side.

slide it back towards the rear of the car and it will pop out,just visually inspect it and see if the wiring has worn through anywhere.

 

after this,its a case of again,visually checking the wiring to the front and rears and moving on to the column switch/hazard switch etc...but just check one thing at a time.

 

hope this helps.

 

Neil. :)

[Mamps 0]

Thanks Neil, I'll try that - i checked all the other indicators and had forgotten about the side lights! doh!

Cheers mate

Mamps

[Riley 0]

nay probs mamps 8)

 

definately a short somewhere,either wiring or switch orientated.

 

Neil.

[dr_mat 0]

Did you swap the rear light clusters at some point? There's a whole bunch of pins in there which can short to the wrong wires if you refit them anything less than incredibly carefully ..

[Mamps 0]

No, haven't touched the rear lights - apart from yesterday when i checked them.

I think the side repeaters are probably the culprits - especially as i did remove the wheel arch on that side when i replaced the cylinder head and maybe disturbed something along the way.

Thanks for the advise guys!!

Mamps

[Mamps 0]

So, I checked the side repeater at the w/e and all the wiring looks ok.

Slid it back and it popped out - sorry, bit of a silly question, but how do i re-seal it??

 

So, its not the side repeater. I need to check if the fuse goes when i turn the alarm on.

If this is the case, then its not likely to be anything to do with the indicator stalks? but is it possible to be a problem with the hazard switch?

 

Don't know if its related, but the main beam on the driver side is also not working - the screws on the headlight are rusted and won't budge so i haven't been able to check the bulb on that though.

 

Any ideas?