Sidelights, rear lights and dashboard.

[cheffy34]

The beeping in reverse is handy, i wouldn't want to head in the wrong direction with regards to maneuvering. (this being the first automatic i have ever owned.. or indeed driven).
It's the "you left yer key in the ignition" beep that's a nag..

I really miss the lights left on aswell yes i have on more than one occasion like the reverse one aswell, i reconnected them for one day then pulled the plug again think i might put it back together and just cut the key one get the ones i want then

[missfixit70]

The relay is situated inside the wing just beside/below the water tank as seen below. The relay will pull down off the bar it's attached to and the rubber cover will slide off the top. There are several relays (on mine anyway) and I might be wiorth trying swapping them to see if that clears your problem. I managed to get a relay from USA for £5 something, delivered (on Ebay) If it is the relay thats at fault, then are are a few bongos being broken on ebay at anyone time.


Three relays under their rubber covers on a bar bolted to the inner wing, you can make out the cables going into them.



One removed from the bar, and cover off.


writing on relay is H270.


Does my coolant look a bit low? I have topped up. strange but, it never drops below that level, setting the alarm off.

Had to sort a friends bongo out yesterday, same symptoms, thanks to this thread, reasonably quickly diagnosed
Unfortunately, no spare relay & couldn't get the coil to energise at all, so I had to patch a standard 30 amp relay in using tails to connect in to the connector as a temporary measure as she had to get back to Surrey.
Had a mooch around ebay etc trying to locate any H270 relays, only ones I could see that looked the same on the terminals were in Canada, so I had a pootle around my local scrappy this afternoon. Found a replacement in a Ford probe - KA30, it's a light blue case, same size, same rating (20A) & terminals, the only difference being the position of the mounting clip moulded on the casing, which is on the top rather than the side. Not an issue that particularly concerned me, but then thought to check & see if the casing would swap over from the original H270, result
Haven't tested it on a lighting circuit yet as I can't get to mine thanks to the LB, but there's no reason why it shouldn't work. Cost me a fiver for a handful of relays & fuses, so less than £1 to sort it

[maxheadroom]

Hi All,
As some people may know I do have a liking for trips to my local breakers anyway on missfixit70 orders, well suggestion I should have a look for above mentioned H270 relays.
Well I found some in mid 90's 323's and in the early 90's 323. They are located up under the dash above the drivers right foot, just above the fuse box. Happy hunting.
Max

[missfixit70]

Nice one MH As if I'd order anyone around

[bigdaddycain]

Hi All,
As some people may know I do have a liking for trips to my local breakers anyway on missfixit70 orders, well suggestion I should have a look for above mentioned H270 relays.
Well I found some in mid 90's 323's and in the early 90's 323. They are located up under the dash above the drivers right foot, just above the fuse box. Happy hunting.
Max

Nice one! It may be worth the "powers that be" duplicate this post to the compatible parts section maybe?

I was all ready to suggest checking the earth is of adequate capability to the leisure battery, as (you'll remember this kirsty) DBO & Kirsty fitted a beefier earth to a bongo at a meet which cured a similar lights problem.

[missfixit70]

Yeah, of course I remember Ste Now you've said it I do anyway 'twas JDS's lovely new shape I believe.

[Bongolower]

Just found this topic whilst trying to diagnose the same problem.

Looking at the relevant relay, its completely blown! It just looks like a molten mess of plastic & copper.

I was wondering if I should look for a further cause of such a drastic failure, or is this the sort of thing that can happen when a relay fails?

Green Flag, who I called out when the lights failed looked at me blankly when I asked could the problem be caused by a relay... useless gits.

Lee

[g8dhe]

It wouldn't be normal, but you can't rule it out if it had been failing for a long time. If the contacts are dirty then they can get rather hot and with the plastic base they can warp and cause more problems.
If it all works again after changing the relay then there is unlikely to be a problem, but check that there lights are the expected brightness and that the relay isn't getting hot.

[Bongolower]

The molten remains of the relay... http://yfrog.com/gzxvfonj.