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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: matt-sboro on 27 December 2008, 17:23:43

Title: half the speedo gone dull
Post by: matt-sboro on 27 December 2008, 17:23:43
as topic - seems to have happened after i replaced a 30amp fuse under the bonnet

as before also i have no heated seats/map reading lights and code 87 (ac cutoff relay voltage low)

is there a description for the relays under the bonnet as the only one i can find has vertually no understandable info on it.

the 30amo fuse i replaced was the middle one in the bank of 3
Title: Re: half the speedo gone dull
Post by: TheBoy on 27 December 2008, 17:33:32
I guess you'll be changing bulbs in dash ;)

As for relay box, see in Technical Info..
Title: Re: half the speedo gone dull
Post by: matt-sboro on 27 December 2008, 22:03:51
whats made the bulbs on the left hand side go to a low output tho?

surely if i replace them it will just happen again unless i fix the cause?

that info in technical doesnt really tell me anything - just what numbers the relays are
Title: Re: half the speedo gone dull
Post by: r1 on 28 December 2008, 12:18:46
are the bulbs blown? could they be dull to the reflection from the other bulbs
Title: Re: half the speedo gone dull
Post by: matt-sboro on 28 December 2008, 14:12:58
its a lot of bulbs to blow in one go surely?

even the rev counter needle only half lights up dull
Title: Re: half the speedo gone dull
Post by: jonathanh on 28 December 2008, 18:49:43
No!

if it is anything like the veccy B there are only a couple or three bulbs to illuminate the instrument panel.  I bet you've lots one on half of the speedo.

It would be incredibly unusual to suffer a failure of the power track on the back on the instrument panel.

I'd suggest you drop into VX, get a full set of illumination bulbs and replace the lot when you have the panel out.  Never done an omega myself but I can take a veccy B panel out an replace it within 45 minutes
Title: Re: half the speedo gone dull
Post by: matt-sboro on 29 December 2008, 22:38:56
oh ok fair do's!
Title: Re: half the speedo gone dull
Post by: feeutfo on 30 December 2008, 03:09:20
3 bulbs iirc, the bigger ones in yellow holder. Ive seen a pic on here of the back of the clocks but cant find it. There is a how to though, in maintenance section.