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MG MGF Technical - Can disconneted instruments cause trouble?

Hi folks,

At the moment, my carīs interior is completely stripped. It has been parked for 4 weeks now and of course the battery's gone dead. Apart from some faint instrument warning lights, the relay click and alternator rattle is the only thing I hear upon turning the key. Iīll get is jump started soon.

My question though. As a lot of instrument cables (clock, oil temp, SRS, heater switches,...) are disconnected, can this cause problems anyhow? I wrapped the ends up in isolating tape to prevent power drainage, but besides that, are there any other risks related?

With this nice weather I just have to get the *F* out of the my garage, dash or no dash!!

t.i.a.,

David.
David

Errm, not come across this one before.
The PAS will not work because the signal comes from the instruments, but it will default to a disengauged state so will behave like a non PAS car.
In england it is illegal to drive a car like this, I don't know the exact requirements but I guess that you need access to all the lights (including fogs) and a working speedo, what I don't know is weather a GPS system (Ģ150) would do as a speedo or if it requires a link to the wheels.

Will
Will Munns

Shouldn't cause any problems David - except as Will's noted already, the EPAS will be inactive in 'fail-safe' mode.

Oh, and you won't know how much fuel is in the tank! ;o))
Rob Bell

Not true Rob - he will know how much he aint got when it runs out:-)

Ted
Ted Newman

Ah, the binary fuel level indicator. Engine runs = fuel in tank. Engine stops = no fuel in tank...
Rob Bell

Hi guys,

Thanks for the response, hope you all enjoyed Silverstone, next year Iīll try to be there.

About the instruments. I decided to plug in the instrument pack. So speedo, rpm, indicator switch pack, lights, windscreen wipers are (or at least should be) working. I taped the whole thing to the cross member bar. One problem though, the indicators are not working.
I know there is a seperate electrical circuit for "alarm on/off" indicator blinking when pushing the remote key fob and "regular" indicator blinking with switch pack at the wheel when driving, as they have seperate fuses (resp. under bonnet and in-car).
The first leaves the indicators working, the latter not. Now, I suspect that the warning button that launches all 4 indicators is plugged into the same "regular" circuit. As I didnīt put this back into my current "basic" *LOL* instrument configuration, it breaks the "regular" electrical circuit, hence indicator switch pack isnīt working.
I donīt have the electrical layout of the *F* but I am quite sure this is the reason my indicators donīt work. This means everyone thought I was waving at them whilst I was indication direction *LOL*.
Never questioned the legas aspect though. But hey, I think a lot of Belgians donīt consider these. Donīt shoot me fellow compatriots.

If anyone is interested about whatīs hapening underneath the dash, I can take some pictures. However canīt get a hold of a digital camera so regular 35mmīll have to do (including scanning).

cheers,
David.
David (MGF driver)

>>> But hey, I think a lot of Belgians donīt consider these. <<<

PAF !!

>>> Donīt shoot me fellow compatriots. <<<

Damn too late, now I've got a spare Trophy Replica front lip spoiler ;-)

>>> If anyone is interested about whatīs hapening underneath the dash, I can take some pictures. However canīt get a hold of a digital camera so regular 35mmīll have to do (including scanning). <<<

Good, I've got some webspace left and it looks interesting (and scarry, from my point of view).

Cheers,
Erik (PS, kelder van Luc is af, we beginnen aan het gelijkvloers, 'k heb al een 300-tal foto's).





Erik

It will also be quicker-due to weight saving;-)
Mike.
Working on it D
Mike

Thanks Mike,

Everything clear I hope, as can be seen from my amateuristic "paint" images ;-)

Eric,

Got any spare time left on wednesday or Friday this week for a quickdraw *ROFLOL* (I got 3 weeks off) I mean part-exchange/coffee-cake thing! Otherwise 2nd weekend of August? mail me on this one.
And err. About that law thing, letīs assume I was talking solely in my own name!

Err... in de kelder van Luc zal wel wa plaats over zijn voor onze gedemonteerde *F* attributen zeker. Die van mij geraakt stilaan vol!!

Cheers,
David.
David

This thread was discussed between 20/07/2002 and 22/07/2002

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