Hi folks
Finally found the new home :-)
I've had a manic couple of months, what with injuring my knee, again, and only managed one overnight stop, in York, since I was last on here :-(
Anyway, now things are calming down again, it's time to sort out the little 'niggles' that have cropped up and been added to my ever increasing 'to do' list.
If you remember, I finally bought a home-converted, short wheelbase Fiat Ducato, in yellow :-) Well, clearly it doesn't appreciate the cold and damp. Everything else seems fine, but the speedo gets very 'excitable' and erratic when I first start up. The needle flicks randomly between speeds, up to 80mph, despite the fact that I'm stationary. If I do set off, I think it significantly overreads and flicks about erratically. This doesn't happen every time I start the engine and lasts from anywhere between a couple of minutes and about 20 minutes, then goes back to behaving perfectly normally. It sounds to me like a bad electrical connection. Anybody had anything similar or knows particular points to check on a Ducato? Does anybody know where I can get hold of electrical schematics for a Ducato that shows the wiring runs?
The last thing I want to do is take it into a Fiat dealer as I know what they are like, they will start with recommending replacing the instrument cluster, whereas, knowing how expensive that can get, that will be my last option!!
Any suggestions welcomed!
Thanks
Jane
Finally found the new home :-)
I've had a manic couple of months, what with injuring my knee, again, and only managed one overnight stop, in York, since I was last on here :-(
Anyway, now things are calming down again, it's time to sort out the little 'niggles' that have cropped up and been added to my ever increasing 'to do' list.
If you remember, I finally bought a home-converted, short wheelbase Fiat Ducato, in yellow :-) Well, clearly it doesn't appreciate the cold and damp. Everything else seems fine, but the speedo gets very 'excitable' and erratic when I first start up. The needle flicks randomly between speeds, up to 80mph, despite the fact that I'm stationary. If I do set off, I think it significantly overreads and flicks about erratically. This doesn't happen every time I start the engine and lasts from anywhere between a couple of minutes and about 20 minutes, then goes back to behaving perfectly normally. It sounds to me like a bad electrical connection. Anybody had anything similar or knows particular points to check on a Ducato? Does anybody know where I can get hold of electrical schematics for a Ducato that shows the wiring runs?
The last thing I want to do is take it into a Fiat dealer as I know what they are like, they will start with recommending replacing the instrument cluster, whereas, knowing how expensive that can get, that will be my last option!!
Any suggestions welcomed!
Thanks
Jane
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