excort Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 hey im a new member here i have a 1976 mk2 escort and i am doing a 2ltr conversion on it im abit confused on the wireing tho i cant seem to get the headlights to work but i can get tail lights/ rear indicators and reverse lights to work one of the lights at the front is on permanently i think its a park light and the front indicators are permanently on the car was originarly a auto but ive converted it to a manual 5sp sierra box just wondering if anyone would have any idea whats wrong with my wireing im thinking maybe something has burnt out ive checked the fuse's and there all good some red light came up on the dash like a lightlin bolt with a arrow on it i was thinking that might be a warning light but i wouldnt know never had the battery hooked up before thanks oh and theres a blue light permanently on the dash even with the ignition turned off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteretep Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 the blue light is probably the high beams but if it shows up even when the ignition is off then the wires might be bypassing the ignition switch somewhere along the line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esky boi Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Hmm sounds weird.. did you do the wiring, or someone else? cos for the 2 litre conversion all you really have to do is lengthen the alternator wires, and the dizzy one (off the top of my head). Strange that its mucking up the headlights.. But yea, the red lightning bolt type light on the dash is a warning light for the alternator.. (its a lightning bolt thing on earlier mk2's and its a battery symbol on the later mk2's if I remember rightly), it'll light up when you switch the ignition on and then go out once the motor starts running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excort Posted September 1, 2005 Author Share Posted September 1, 2005 hmmm well i done it but it may not be correct there are some wires where i do not know where they go the engine isnt actually in there yet i was just checking the electrics but yeah ill try get some pictures up ive tryed useing a wireing diagram out of the manual to work it out but the colours arnt the same as wat the book says i wouldnt think anything else would work if i wired it up wrong maybe theres a fault in the lights there is allso some round metal thing i forget wat its called lol i think it might be a voltage relgulator or something to do with the lights if only it actually siad ill go attempt to find some batterys for my digtal cam and take some pics cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WESTCORT Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 a job for an auto electrictian by the sounds of things, its one of those problems where it could be a thousand things.. but if you got the time (and patience) then by all means have a go at sussing it yourself! first thing i would check is the light stalk if its constantly on parks and full beam is fucking u round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excort Posted September 1, 2005 Author Share Posted September 1, 2005 well i got the cam to work and took some pictures but i dnt know how to put them on here i actually think some one has had my dash apart b4 i got the car so i might want to check it out who knows what they may of done when i got it it had a v6 in it so i have no idea if he has changed the wireing loom or anything this round metal thing with 4 plugs is most likely the thing that i need to plug in but i carnt see where it would plug in it says MIXO 12v on it and had 2 blacks one red and one brown wire comeing out in to another loom it might not even b4 for my escort if i could put some pics up it would be alot easyer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WESTCORT Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 http://www.imageshack.us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excort Posted September 1, 2005 Author Share Posted September 1, 2005 thanks for that heres some pics and some extra's http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/7320/0561yl.jpg http://img394.imageshack.us/my.php?image=0581vw.jpg http://img394.imageshack.us/my.php?image=0635nq.jpg how this helps im gona put some more pics up in another thread as my project car so yeah have a look when i have cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toucan Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Time to invest in a owners manual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WESTCORT Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 find sum1 else nearby with an escort and then you can see how their loom fits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excort Posted September 1, 2005 Author Share Posted September 1, 2005 yeah i allready have a manual but yeah ill see what i can work out today thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excort Posted September 2, 2005 Author Share Posted September 2, 2005 update both park lights at the front work now but the rear ones dont might be a job for a sparky i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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