taff_jj Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Gents, ladies and collective. My apologies if this has been covered. However... I have been playing with a p38 it has been stood around for quite some time. And so far I have played enough that the engine starts and it moves under its own power 😁 but.... What I now have is the hevac blinking on and off. The dash seems to pulse. The fuel gauge pulses with the hevac. The warning lights on the bottom left also blink all be it dimly. If I turn on indicators the pulsing changes frequency. My first thought was an earth, I checked the one in the footwell and seems ok. Now I am stumped. Equally I have no sound from my radio. If that is related?! It is a 1996 4.6 V8 auto. Any help or suggestions would be epic. thanks in advance Gareth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbekko Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Definitely sounds like a bad ground. I had similar issues when the cable from the body to the battery was disconnected, check that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taff_jj Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 Ok. The Mrs says I have played enough for one day 🤦♂️🤔 so I will look at that tomorrow. Thanks for the prompt response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sparkes Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 If you are getting into the general electrical circuits, you really need the ETM (Electrical Trouble-shooting Manual) as this will show ALL the Earth points; there is more than one or two!! It's part of the RAVE manual set. If you have the set but have perhaps been put off reading studying it, now is the time to start again. If you haven't got the set but have been managing on intuition and forum snippets, now is the time to search out an online copy and download. Issue 11 , 12, or 13 should do you. Regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taff_jj Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 Rave manual download is my homework then. Hopefully I can find some time to look through it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taff_jj Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 And it was fuse 1 all along.. now I feel like a complete novice. Still onwards and sideways.. fuel leak and radio not outputting sound. Thanks all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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