New Rx7

[Prof]

Could be earting out in the rear light cluster maybe - as the fog indicator is wired to the lights circuit and the wiring is not brilliant.
 
Does the indicator work correctly when you switch the fog light on ?  Does the fog light actually work ?

[Matts-gen2]

the rear earth point for the fog light wouldnt be in the left hand sideof the boot as your looking in it would it.

i think i just used the full capacity of my brain to work something out......

my amp hasnt been working recently, and i still havent worked out why. i was intending on checking the entire wiring fron front to back for any breaks / exposed wire etc.

in turn i have pulled the fuse out of the permenent live amp wire from the battery.

my earth for the amp in the boot is connected onto and existing earth (potentially the rear fog light earth), in order to not create another hole, and the earth wire being a bit chunky may be touching metal that isnt bare (painted).

Due to the amp not being powered at the moment, it isnt using the earth, and maybe this is causing the fog light earth to not earth out because there on the same earth point.

??

That was hard work.

:cheers

[Matts-gen2]

Working with torch and camping latern outside; i took the amp wire off of the same point that the fog light earth is on, wrapped electrical tape around the crimped part of the earth wire and re-attached.

intermittent earthing problem solved, hopefully! havent drove the car since i done it so hoping there is no loose connection on the idiot clock itself.

re-earthed the amp and switched on..... wasn\'t having none of it. the protect light come on and didn\'t work.

changed for a spare amp i had and it works fine now.

figured that double earthing may have killed the old amp off!

Another couple of issues sorted, persistance and patience wins.

[pjd7325]

Blimey a simple thing like that was the cause of the problem! I\'ll have a look at mine tomorrow. I wasn\'t looking forward to taking the dash apart to solve this problem. Thanks for the advice Prof and thanks for the info Mats Gen 2

[pjd7325]

Could be earting out in the rear light cluster maybe - as the fog indicator is wired to the lights circuit and the wiring is not brilliant.
 
Does the indicator work correctly when you switch the fog light on ?  Does the fog light actually work ?

Yes it does.

[pjd7325]

Problem sorted. Now the blinking dash lights!

[Matts-gen2]

i thought i had sorted mine, but i still get an intermittent fog light, theres got to be an earth somewhere behind the unit in the dash or ive got a loose connection

[pjd7325]

So far I have not had any further problems. I took the earth off and sanded the paint down to bare metal and re connected the earth and made sure it was really tight.

[Matts-gen2]

is this the earths in the boot that you re-earthed?

there has to be one behind the unit somewhere, this is where mine is causing problems, with a small / bang on the dash the light will go out then it will slowly come back.

[pjd7325]

Yes it was the one in the boot on the left hand side by the rear light cluster. I just removed the carpet and there was a wire bolted onto the metal which i assumed was some kind of earth. It seams to of done the trick at the moment.

[billybobbooth]

There were two versions of the EGi in the UK.
The early car (upto the middle of 1988) had no power steering and a boot lip spoiler.
The later car (Latter half of 1988-) had a wrap around rear spoiler and power steering.
 
Hope that helps :wave

ok brett my 1988 car has power stearing and the wrap around spoiler are there any other yays of making sure is the later egi?? from the power of mine im guessing its the later one as i can keep up with mk3 vr6\'s and preludes and whip mr2\'s, mine is f reg unfotunatly is reg mid 1988, would be nice if was the later one!

[Brett]

I had an \'E\' reg and an \'F\' reg - both were good cars - if I ahd the money and the space I would start again with another EGi and really go mental on the porting

[billybobbooth]

well if i keep her which i prob will as there is so little rust as its been garaged most of her life when not used, i was thinking of having her street ported as when i spoke to rotortecnics they said bridge porting is good but not for every day use too much better for track use with some road use in mind!
 
so was thinking of doing a e-manage ultima euc upgrade, later spec egi hight reving racing rototrs that have 3mm carbon apex seals and a carb or tb change or just upgrading to the later spec egi rotors and adding a supercharger!

[pjd7325]

Update- Some a**s has tried to break in to my car and bent the passenger door right out! Has anyone got a spare passenger door? I don\'t think it\'s repairable.

[billybobbooth]

i have a gun if that helps??