Anyone clued up on dash binnacle wiring?

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Anyone clued up on dash binnacle wiring?

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So here's the situation; I have no charge light (but I do have a charge). No rev counter, no oil level or pressure gauge and no cooling fans.

Does that sound like a pattern to anybody, or are they all totally random faults? :lol:
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The connector under the battery comes to mind...at least on the diesel most of the engine sensor wires go thru it. steve
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Sounds like a ground prob to me check the earthing straps from battery to body and engine block. Im sure its not coincidence they all gone at once.
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Do the windows work?
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Yeah everything else works. It's weird! Have tried a different binnacle in case the wiring had gone internally, but it's no different.
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Just had something similar whilst putting mine back together.

Had accidently cut one of the wires to the ignition, repaired and everything came back.

Might be worth a look for a loose or broken wire around there?
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The cooling fan(s)and whole cooling circuit is all on Circuit 4 as is the fuse for that system. AFAIK it is pretty independent of the other circuits so it must be a shared component. Possibly earth or ignition switch which does very strange things if it fails internally on the contacts.
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That's why I asked about the windows, seen this a couple of times when there's been a problem with the ignition switch, but in both cases the windows didn't operate.
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