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phb10186 
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 Topic: wing mirror wiring fault
Posted: 11-October-2005 at 09:00 |
has anyone had the fault where the wing mirror (in my case the drivers side one) starts when the ignition turned on, and then fuses resulting in ignition power loss?
Ivor has seen this happen first hand on my 6 when I tried to start it last weekend.
I thought that I might have connected the plug the wrong way round initially, but it can only be connected one way. It was working fine before - any ideas.
The only thing I can think of is the switch, but as I say it was working fine before.
-Ben
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1985 635 CSI with Style 134's
1998 Z3 2.8i
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AndyS
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Posted: 11-October-2005 at 13:40 |
Sounds like it's shorting out somewhere.
Tracking down electrical gremlins is a long thankless task. In the long
run it's easier & cheaper just to take the car to an auto
electrician & let them go through the car properly. It will save
you hours of frustration.
Trust me, I've been there 
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Horsetan
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Posted: 11-October-2005 at 14:41 |
 AndyS wrote:
......In the long run it's easier & cheaper just to take the car to an auto electrician & let them go through the car properly. It will save you hours of frustration. |
He's already done that 
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phb10186
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Posted: 11-October-2005 at 17:10 |
And how! - every time I touch something on the car, some electrical fault develops. May be I should just scrap it!
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1985 635 CSI with Style 134's
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Horsetan
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Posted: 13-October-2005 at 07:16 |
phb10186 wrote:
And how! - every time I touch something on the car, some electrical fault develops. May be I should just scrap it!
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Ah, maybe you're one of those fellas who has some sort of weird electrical forcefield around them - ye know the type of thing: lights fails when you walk into a room, or balloons keep stickin' to ya 
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AndyS
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Posted: 13-October-2005 at 12:39 |
Horsetan wrote:
AndyS wrote:
......In the long run it's easier
& cheaper just to take the car to an auto electrician & let
them go through the car properly. It will save you hours of
frustration. |
He's already done that |
Maybe he should try some who knows what they're doing? 
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AndyS Live each day as if it's your last - one day it will be.
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Horsetan
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Posted: 15-October-2005 at 16:01 |
Funnily enough, I have just such a person waiting in the wings 
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phb10186
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Posted: 15-October-2005 at 16:21 |
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SORTED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Managed to short one of the wires on the bodywork as I screwed the wing mirror screws in (what a clot!). All sorted yippee.
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1985 635 CSI with Style 134's
1998 Z3 2.8i
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Horsetan
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Posted: 15-October-2005 at 16:29 |
phb10186 wrote:
SORTED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Managed to short one of the wires on the bodywork as I screwed the wing mirror screws in (what a clot!). ... |
A Homer Simpson moment there, methinks 
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UKDaveJ
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Posted: 18-October-2005 at 14:24 |
phb10186 wrote:
Ivor has seen this happen first hand on my 6 when I tried to start it last weekend. |
I've heard our Ivan called many things before, but never Ivor?!
Pawh Pawh...........
Ivor the engine!!
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My 635's.
 
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Horsetan
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Posted: 18-October-2005 at 16:26 |
UKDaveJ wrote:
phb10186 wrote:
Ivor has seen this happen first hand on my 6 when I tried to start it last weekend. |
I've heard our Ivan called many things before.... |
...most of them unprintable..... (thought I'd better get that in before anyone else did)
....but never Ivor?!
Pawh Pawh...........
Ivor the engine!!
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Could we drop that, please, Dave
....and if it's the same Welsh Ivor you're thinking of, it's actually Ifor...
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phb10186
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Posted: 18-October-2005 at 16:28 |
many appoligies!
I know its Ivan, but I also know an Ivor!
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1985 635 CSI with Style 134's
1998 Z3 2.8i
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Horsetan
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Posted: 18-October-2005 at 17:02 |
phb10186 wrote:
many appoligies!
I know its Ivan, but I also know an Ivor!
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I'm not 2 people
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