Another frustrating session ended nowhere so I bit the bullet and bought new hazard and indicator flasher units and and and a new battery !
Fitted hazard unit and battery. Still no joy. After checking starter and ignition relays about 30 times I swapped one of them ( forgot which one as this was a few weeks ago ) for a new halfords square thing of same rating and....................
Disater. White smoke. Billowing from the engine bay so off went the ignition key sharpish.
Since I was sat in the car I couldn't tell which relay was smouldering, so I had to repeat the episode, albeit quickly to see whitch one was a bit hot and melting.
What a mess !!!!!!!
The black wire from the relay and another one going to the fuse box looked like a skinned corpse.
So just to add to my already frustrating wiring woes, a long and tedious rewiring of said wires from scrap wire ( correct black earth colour of course ).
The only positive notes were the hazards now flash, the indicators don't !, and I did manage to get the engine turning over thanks to John Twist's little tip from his Youtube channel.
I'd also bought a lower starter motor mounting bolt ( the top and bottom are different threads for some unknown BL reason ), however the bolt was in place and I'm sure for a long time it was missing and in the memory bank of my mind that I'd lost it but must remember to replace it ,sometime.
So I did what all top class computer programmers and prime ministers do.............Ignore it and move on to to the next subject.
So I welded on the rear light fillet base top from the rubber to chrome coversion " boat-tails".
I did make these some time ago but could the hell I find them........no, some made some more and got the welder out.
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