Reversing lights

PITOURET · 24th November 2011, 07:17

The reversing lights fail to work

i have changed the bulbs

any ideas?

EDDYW · 24th November 2011, 07:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by PITOURET

The reversing lights fail to work

i have changed the bulbs

any ideas?

Hi.
Probably the reversing switch, it,s under the gearbox n/s front wheel.

Costs around £10 to buy and about 20 mins to do the job it,s not a hard job.

COLVERT · 24th November 2011, 09:46

Could even be as simple as the electrical contact needs cleaning. Pull off and on a couple of times.

My switch played up and wouldn't work. I took it out and pinged the spring part up and down a few times.

THAT WAS OVER SIX MONTHS AGO AND IT'S STILL WORKING PERFECTLY NOW.

COLVERT

Ooops . Sorry ,hits caps lock by mistake.

FrenchMike · 24th November 2011, 13:02

Hi,

Where it is located:

switch AR.jpg

And how i repaired it (travel too short)

Mike

Viking's No1 · 18th June 2012, 19:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by COLVERT

Could even be as simple as the electrical contact needs cleaning. Pull off and on a couple of times.

My switch played up and wouldn't work. I took it out and pinged the spring part up and down a few times.

THAT WAS OVER SIX MONTHS AGO AND IT'S STILL WORKING PERFECTLY NOW.

COLVERT

Ooops . Sorry ,hits caps lock by mistake.

Bought a ratchet set and did this today. Switch wasn't stiff but pressed it a few times and put it back in. I now have reversing lights and sensors working for the first time.

(I did take the wrong wheel off first though

)

blacknwhite · 18th June 2012, 19:33

A new one is about £5.40 from Eurocarparts. Now you know where it is and what it does, you may as well change it and forget about it. I changed mine about 4months ago.

Greeners · 18th June 2012, 20:37

Link below :-) :-)

COLVERT · 19th June 2012, 19:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by blacknwhite

A new one is about £5.40 from Eurocarparts. Now you know where it is and what it does, you may as well change it and forget about it. I changed mine about 4months ago.

See my November post above. Mine is still working over a year after giving it a few pings so I can't really see the point in touching it again.

Colvert.

( If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it. )

kkcat75 · 19th June 2012, 23:02

Changed mine about six months ago and recently was permanently on. Disconnected it.Any suggestions?

Greeners · 19th June 2012, 23:46

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Originally Posted by kkcat75

Changed mine about six months ago and recently was permanently on. Disconnected it.Any suggestions?

Take it out, check the operation out of the gear box, give it a clean and pop it back in

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COLVERT This is my second home R75 Saloon. Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: France/or Devon. Posts: 14,003 Thanks: 3,851 Thanked 2,167 Times in 1,816 Posts	Could even be as simple as the electrical contact needs cleaning. Pull off and on a couple of times. My switch played up and wouldn't work. I took it out and pinged the spring part up and down a few times. THAT WAS OVER SIX MONTHS AGO AND IT'S STILL WORKING PERFECTLY NOW. COLVERT Ooops . Sorry ,hits caps lock by mistake.

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blacknwhite Posted a thing or two Black Rover 75 Connie CDT and Twilight Chromactive ZT Turbo Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne Posts: 1,602 Thanks: 15 Thanked 16 Times in 7 Posts	A new one is about £5.40 from Eurocarparts. Now you know where it is and what it does, you may as well change it and forget about it. I changed mine about 4months ago.

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kkcat75 Newbie 75cdt connoisseur saloon Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Kilkenny Posts: 28 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Changed mine about six months ago and recently was permanently on. Disconnected it.Any suggestions?