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Mk1 escort lights indicators brake lights issue

Jason Maddern
Jason Maddern
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Hi can anyone help/advise I have a mk1 escort the alternator cooked the battery I replaced the battery and new alternator starts and runs fine now I have no lights indicators checked the fuses a load had blown replaced them with new still no lights checked the bulbs all blown replaced all bulbs now I have a constant rear light on and one rear indicator n/s that works any ideas please 

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    If the fuses and bulbs were blown then I'd expect the wiring to be damaged as well.

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    Oh no that’s what I was hoping it would not be the only thing I have not replaced is the relays I have x 2 so I ordered two looks like it’s going to be an auto electrician job then 

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    Oh no that’s what I was hoping it would not be the only thing I have not replaced is the relays I have x 2 so I ordered two looks like it’s going to be an auto electrician job then 

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    Be careful you are not positive earth

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    2 hours ago, Jason Maddern said:

    I have a mk1 escort the alternator cooked the battery

    From memory the 1969 Escort Mk1 used a DC generator not an alternator. Has it been converted ?

    If it still has a generator then I would expect that the voltage regulator will have been well cooked.

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    Thanks for the reply and it would have helped if I had put it’s got a cosworth engine in it in my original post 

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