After 10 weeks away, my Griffith is home
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Great to have it back after spending time at powers and central TVR.
I'm not sharing my experience with powers but will say Central did a great job on retrimming the carpets and the door cards look fantastic.
Driving it home, now we (I) have a snag list....
1, all dash clocks work but none of them light up when the headlights are switched on. Zero, nothing, Speedo, temp, oil pressure all of them and also the back lights to the silver buttons isn't coming on..
Seems fuse 11 provides power to dash lights, radio and hazards. Not sure it's that because the hazard lights work and flash.
2, electric mirror adjustment doesn't work.
3, new led headlight bulbs that were fitted are appalling!! They need either binning or a serious alignment.
I took the old radio out prior to the car going away.
Seems I have 2 or 3 plugs dangling around without a home. One for sure is radio wiring plug.
I'll take a picture later of said plugs.
I'm not sharing my experience with powers but will say Central did a great job on retrimming the carpets and the door cards look fantastic.
Driving it home, now we (I) have a snag list....
1, all dash clocks work but none of them light up when the headlights are switched on. Zero, nothing, Speedo, temp, oil pressure all of them and also the back lights to the silver buttons isn't coming on..
Seems fuse 11 provides power to dash lights, radio and hazards. Not sure it's that because the hazard lights work and flash.
2, electric mirror adjustment doesn't work.
3, new led headlight bulbs that were fitted are appalling!! They need either binning or a serious alignment.
I took the old radio out prior to the car going away.
Seems I have 2 or 3 plugs dangling around without a home. One for sure is radio wiring plug.
I'll take a picture later of said plugs.
There's a push button by your left knee that turns the dash lights on and off. If they still don't work, it maybe wasn't connected when the dash was put back on. It's just 2 wires to it, red and red/white (I think?). With no stereo fitted, you may be able to reach after pulling out the air vent, but it may be dash out again to fix.
Unless complete LED units have been fitted to replace the original QI headlamps dont expect too much.
I have replaced my original QI bulbs with decent LEDs from Classic LEDs and while they are a big improvement they are no where near as good as current cars fitted with purposely designed units.
I have replaced my original QI bulbs with decent LEDs from Classic LEDs and while they are a big improvement they are no where near as good as current cars fitted with purposely designed units.
The electric mirror adjustment is a bundle of wires which can be damaged to retrim the door card carpet area. It could be as simple as a push fit connector that was pulled apart and not pushed together properly. Problem you have is the door card needs removing and that isn’t easy. Give Adrian a bell and see what he says.
As already mentioned dash lights have a separate on off switch. As below.
Check the two wires are connected on pin 1 and pin 2. Doesn’t matter which wire goes where as the switch just breaks that circuit.
As already mentioned dash lights have a separate on off switch. As below.
Check the two wires are connected on pin 1 and pin 2. Doesn’t matter which wire goes where as the switch just breaks that circuit.
Loubaruch said:
Unless complete LED units have been fitted to replace the original QI headlamps dont expect too much.
I have replaced my original QI bulbs with decent LEDs from Classic LEDs and while they are a big improvement they are no where near as good as current cars fitted with purposely designed units.
I'll have a look there. Thanks for the heads up. I have replaced my original QI bulbs with decent LEDs from Classic LEDs and while they are a big improvement they are no where near as good as current cars fitted with purposely designed units.
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