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Ok, i'll get some insulation tape, and how could they be suffering? Not a good enough connection maybe?...

And the speedo needle doesn't work, or fuel gauge or thermostat, and rev counter. And back lights all work.


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alexperkins wrote:Post a pic - ill confirm

So i just did it, seems to b the same... not working...



Not sure if you can see, but brown to brown, black to black, red to red.


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alexperkins wrote:Correct

You need to undo what theyve done properly.

Ok, so they have soldered all the wires together, so if i cut, each side close, and connect them back up nicely, with some tape, should work?


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So shall i take out the black box wires then connect all the normal wires back together again? Seems the only logical way?


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alexperkins wrote:Do you know where the black box wires were attached to though?

So i have found it, starts in the blue wire harness, heres a pic....





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alexperkins wrote:Do you know where the black box wires were attached to though?

Is it a case of... i find where it starts, then take if out from there?


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Ahhh damn, i didnt check... i will check soon and get back to you, because i know they go down towards the Middle of the dash behind the radio.

alexperkins wrote:It has a number of earths. You likely have a damaged cable

What wires did it tap into?

Well i didn't tape up any, because the 2 wire harnesses, just plugged straight in to the cluster. So no wires were exposed, only the black box ones.


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Hi, Ive just taken out my black box, policy has ended, so ive plugged in both of the wire harnesses that are in the back of the cluster refitted straight away (my fault) didnt test it, and now my indicators work, high beams and thats it, no lights come up, and no gauges or tacs work?? So has the bla...

Cheers mate, my polo going to look immense

Cheers mate, think im heading towards H&R , look awesome, just over budget but i can find that extra money, Cheers again.

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Alright then, guess im getting 195/45r15's cheers mate, also gonna get some coilovers for a nice gap to, cool man

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