Vece
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Registered: 21st Oct 08
Location: South Wales + Kent
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Heya, after driving my dad around all week with no issues, I leave my car (corsa B) outside overnight and its frosted (I dunno if any of this is linked but just saying what happened)..
So I de-ice and scrape it all and start it up, my iPhone car kit was in the ciggarette thingy and as I moved it huge sparks came out of the ciggarette lighter.. Removed the car kit and drove off down the road and found my speedo wasnt working.
Now I havent a clue what to look for and dunno whether the sparks were linked, if it was a fuse I was a bit confused about how the fuse would be the same for speedo and lighter :\ but any ideas and suggestions would be much appreciated! 
Thanks, Vece
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sumner2k3
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Registered: 12th Jan 06
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have you checked the fuses?
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Vece
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Registered: 21st Oct 08
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Not yet, im pretty shit with cars but was wondering if that was a posability?
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Daveskater
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
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First thing to check when something electrical stops working is the fuses.
Unless you have cable clocks.
Numberwang!
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I like you Dave, you are a man of men
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Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
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tom_simes
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I believe the entire centre console, speedo and interior light, including radio, all run through the same 20 amp fuse.
Can't remember the number though, sorry 
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Vece
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Thanks for the help guys i'll check it out and get back to you
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Vece
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Hmm it seems I dont have a fuse for the speedo, ive had a look round and most people say it could be the speedo cable snapped. Im not eager to go with that atm as im visiting my parents and dont have much facilities where I am. I saw another thread where this guy said that he inserted a car adapter and suddenly that and the speedo stopped working, anyone have any theories for this please help! much appreciated
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chris_gilly
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yerp this happened on the nan in laws cav, her speedo stop and so did other things on the dash not to sure, it was a fuse as said above, just check all your fuses then if not its prob defo your cable,
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Daveskater
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
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If your speedo starts at 10mph then you have cable driven clocks, and it's possible the cable is damaged or snapped etc.
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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