caterham indicator problem

[murrwalker]

Hi,

we have a R reg seven, cycle wings 1.8 roadsport, great car. Having a problem with the indicators however. They keep blowing fuses?? Indicating right there no problems works fine but as soon as the switch is flicked left the fuses blows. I have checked everything obvious, bulbs, flasher unit etc to no avail. Opened up the rear cluster and there was a bit of corrosion where it earths so I have cleaned it up and now its fine, still Blowing fuses though! The only area i think the earth might be a bot dodgy is under the wing but i still think it should be earthing ok.

anyone have any ideas as to why this is happening? any help or suggestion would be much appreciated

thanks

Murray

[murrwalker]

anyone have a 7 wiring diagram??

[George 54]

Murry, I obtainedthe wiring diagram and the wiring key / plug information from Caterham Cars Engineering Deptartment. Mine was for the R300 motor. CC can and will provide it. If you have no joy I could fax it to you.

[Shred-head]

For a while my car kept blowing a fuse for the rear lights.

It turned out to be a short circuit caused by a dodgy piece of wire. It was CC that eventually tracked down the offending section of wire but it was a bitch to find. Although easy enough to replace.

[ewenm]

Mine was blowing fuses due to water getting into the rear light clusters. At one point the LHS rear cluster was half full of rainwater

[ngr]

A bad earth won't blow a fuse. This will just stop the lights working. The live must be shorting out for the fuse to blow so look for a chaffed wire etc.