Hi
Having been delighted to get my 1983 110 V8 CSW through its MOT with flying colours a couple of weeks ago, I was a bit surprised when the rear fog light came on yesterday and refused to go off unless the headlights were also off. I have isolated the switch, but to no avail - it appears that a live feed has found its way onto the wiring feeding the fog lamp and dashboard indicator.
I have had the wiring at the back appart to investigate and found that it is a real mess - it appears that when a previous owner wanted to fit an auxillary towing socket, he simply cut off the existing wiring and added two new sockets, wiring one of them directly into the loom behind the rear offside wheel, rather than doing it properly inside the rear cabin. The original wiring was left in place. Anyway, having said all that, I still cannot find a live feed connected to the fog lamp (red and yellow wire). I am also slightly puzzled as to why there are 2 red/yellow wires in the rear loom, one of which is of significantly heavier guage than the other. What appears to happen is that the heavy guage wire comes out of the loom at the back, into a connector where the feed to the fog lamp is taken off, and then the lighter guage wire goes back underneath the body, where it is spliced into the towing socket wiring as well as disappearing back into the loom, appearing to go back towards the front of the vehicle. Both red/yellow wires appear to be a part of the original loom.
Any thoughts/suggestions much appreciated, as I am a bit stumped!
Regards
Neil