- Mon May 24, 2021 12:41 pm
#96874
My 2003 ES500 was going great, only problem was the indicators on the right hand side. When I flicked them on both bulbs very weak and ammeter flicking to negative. Left hand side working fine. I couldn't find where it was shorting. I have the small plastic/rubber indicators that Hitchcocks sell. I thought it might be left hand switch so I took it apart, cleaned contacts and reassembled. I switched on ignition, horn worked, left hand indicator worked but if anything the deflection on the ammeter was worse. I fiddled at both connections front and rear and could find nothing wrong. Tried again, this time indicator on left not flashing and I though I detected smell of electrical stress. Checked flasher and it's dead as is all the electrics, no horn, no sidelights, nothing! I've checked the wiring in the headlight and I have power to the ignition switch and the ignition switch is working when I put the meter on it. Battery is full and the single fuse is okay with power downstream of it. I have power at the ammeter contacts. So, as you can imagine, I am perplexed. Have wires in the loom burned cutting power to the systems or has something else been shorted by the indicator black-green wire? You tell me, one minute I had power and the next, without a crack or a sound, nothing just a very slight smell of something overheated. I'm now wondering if I'll have to buy a new loom to sort it out. Any ideas welcome.
2003 Bullet ES500