Short circuit (again!)

[aum108]

As you'd recall, we were discussing the problem of short circuits in the tail/position lamp circuit which was blowing engine room fuse 10.

The mechanic had apparantly fixed the problem in mine, blaming it on an aftermarket radio/cassette that had been incorrectly wired. Seemed ok for a few days, but this evening while I was driving, my dash lights went out once again. Fuse 10 (10 amp) was blown. I replaced the fuse twice, but it blew instantly each time when I turned on the parking lights.

I've been looking at the circuit diagram which I downloaded from the fto-ireland website, and I can't see anywhere where the tail light/position light circuit goes anywhere near the radio. So as you can imagine, it's pretty confusing for me.

There's another problem - the electrical circuit diagram on this site is for a 98 fto, but mine's a '96. There are differences in the junction box on the steering column, so it's hard to figure out which connector is which.

Can anyone - muaddib or anyone else - offer any ideas?

It's got me frustrated, since I thought the problem was fixed.

Cheers
David

[Muad_dib77]

Hey - sorry to hear this is still causing trouble..

There is 1 wire that goes to the stero that only goes live after the car is started (think it's yellow off the top of my head)- I'm struggeling to remember if there's an "illumitation" one, but if memory serves me well otherwise it would be orange - AND more importantly have the word Illumination written on it! (all the wires have printing on them in mine, this was also the case in my old old Charade, very handy!)

Also the lights in the Ciggy Lighter, Ashtray, Aircon Controller, Volt Meter, Clock and Dash comes on when you turn on the "position lights".
Could be worth your while checking the wiring out at the position lights themselves also - if there is a wet connector that could cause the problem.