fuse box madness

[fuel injected]

well, just bought a new head unit cos the one that came with the car didnt work, plus it was crappy anyway, fitted it and this one didnt switch on either mabey the fuse has blown i thought, so checking the fuse box found that,no, its fine but the fuse for the cigarette lighter has blown.... hang on, my car doesnt have a cigarette lighter?!?! oh well, i put a new one in anyway just incase it did somthing else, hmm but the radio still dosnt! work why cant things just work first time? anyone else had issues with the radio in a mk 2?

 

[Krishen]

How was the old stereo wired in? As in did it look like the previous owner had 'modified' the connection? Might be that they have messed around with the live feed. Does the stereo come on when the cars on?

Also im not sure but i think the cigrette lighter and stereo worked off the same fuse? Im sure someone else will correct me otherwise ill check tomorrow.

 

[fuel injected]

nah the wires hadnt been tamperd with far as i could tell, will have another look tomorow when theres some daylight though, but according to the hayes manual the cigarett lighter has its own fuse (3), the stereo goes through the same fuse as the boot light and central locking, niether of which feature on my model anyway... ill recheck the wiring though cheers.



figured out that the wiring loom that came with the radio was faulty, got a replacement, s'all gravey

 

[DPJ]

When I bought my Ibiza, it came with a really sh1t radio and someone had kindly lopped off the loom connector and most of the connections were twisted wires. (wtf)

I temporarily bought a new aerial amp, but that didn't improve the siganal.

Last week, I bought a new head unit and ISO connector - and I set about connecting up the ISO connector on Saturday.

Hmm - no power on the switched live to the radio. At least that answered why the aerial amp wasn't working, it was wired into it.... And the answer is - fuse 21 loose! Pushed the fuse home - power! I got the headunit installed, but didn't have time to setup bluetooth etc as we had a houseful for the weekend.

Got in the car this morning, no radio. A little pressure on the bottom corner of the dash and I made it flicker. Great design the way the bottom removal part of the dash goes right across the fuses. I couldn't make it give a permanent supply with it pushed fully home.

What do I need to do tonight?

• Bend the fuse
• tighten the fuse holder
• investigate the fuse connections
• all 3 of the above
• something else

 

[Brummy]

Rusty nail and a roll of electrical tape Dave .. job jobbed

 

[DPJ]

Here's the culprit!

It rather defeats the object of having a fuse!

 

[Brummy]

you bloody butcher, Dave!!!

lol maybe you need to form the fuse holder slightly ?