jameslwt Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 For ages now my headlights have flickered a bit - still running good old sealed beam units (one day..............) - and so does the ligth on the dash when they are on. I have also recently noticed that sometimes the light on the rear fog light switch flickers on and off when the headlights are on. So I am suspecting a dodgy earth somewhere. But has anyone got any tips/ideas where to start looking so I can check it out and sort it if required? Cheers James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSIIA Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Must be the season for this problem as my 110 has had exactly the same symptoms. I eventually traced it to a loose earth tag on the battery - chassis - gearbox earth cable. The tag for the chassis earth had opened up due to vibration. Crimped it a bit tighter with some mole grips and job sorted. I'm going to run in an additional strap from the gearbox to the chassis so it doesn't happen again. I spent ages chasing this intermittant fault through the fuse boxes, alternator, switch gear / relays and battery terminals until I was able to correlate the flicker with the engine coming on / off load and reasoned where to look. Lights are somewhat brighter and the stereo no longer drops out if I boot the throttle in first. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I'd check the main earthing straps as it can't hurt to have a look - if one's dodgy they could all be. Aside from that, following the wiring diagram may give you some pointers as to what earths where. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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