tomperkins Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 My number plate light's not working (common issue I know). The live feed is fine and if I plug a wire to the unused earth terminal inside the light and touch that on either of the rivets holding the light unit to the chassis, the lights come on. So my question is this... Has anyone got any advice on how to make a new earth connection? The light unit is riveted to the chassis and I don't really want to have to drill out and replace the rivets. Is it worth wiring the earth terminal to an earth point used by another of the rear lights as it seems the earth through the rivets is a regular problem? As always, any thoughts appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 I did the latter to get through this years mot. The earth through the light mount itself had degraded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomperkins Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share Posted September 15, 2014 Quoting Myles: I did the latter to get through this years mot. The earth through the light mount itself had degraded. Thanks for your comment Myles. Which earth did you hook into? Edited by - tomperkins on 15 Sep 2014 21:46:44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Can't recall for certain. I took the new wire to the passenger-side light cluster and almost-certainly just terminated it with a piggy-back spade connector onto the main earth. Probably not a great long-term solution, but I didn't want to have to drill out a rivet or anything at the time. I've got the honeycomb tank protection too - so there are no gaps to get the new wire inside the car - it's gaffer-taped underneath the underside honeycomb panel at the moment... ...one to fix at leisure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomperkins Posted September 16, 2014 Author Share Posted September 16, 2014 Quoting Myles: Can't recall for certain. I took the new wire to the passenger-side light cluster and almost-certainly just terminated it with a piggy-back spade connector onto the main earth. Probably not a great long-term solution, but I didn't want to have to drill out a rivet or anything at the time. I've got the honeycomb tank protection too - so there are no gaps to get the new wire inside the car - it's gaffer-taped underneath the underside honeycomb panel at the moment... ...one to fix at leisure! Cool, thanks Myles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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