The weather is holding me back from the skotchlok issue, but....
.... yesterday I finally got out to the car with a voltage tester. Opened the boot to check the voltage. I connected the clamp to an earth, switched on the lights, removed the plug and tested each of the 6 sections of the plug on both sides. Only 1 section on each side lit the voltage tester. Either port 1 or port 6 on the plug. Why did the others not light up the tester? Would I have needed to apply the brake pedal to activate them maybe?
Also tested the reverse lights. On the working side, one of the wires lit the voltage tester, the other didn't and neither lit it on the failing side. However, when I clamped to the working side across to the failing side, the tester lit up. What would this mean or suggest as a possible fix?
I didn't get around to removing the skotchloks yet, as it started to rain yet again and so I had to put the soldering iron away.
.... yesterday I finally got out to the car with a voltage tester. Opened the boot to check the voltage. I connected the clamp to an earth, switched on the lights, removed the plug and tested each of the 6 sections of the plug on both sides. Only 1 section on each side lit the voltage tester. Either port 1 or port 6 on the plug. Why did the others not light up the tester? Would I have needed to apply the brake pedal to activate them maybe?
Also tested the reverse lights. On the working side, one of the wires lit the voltage tester, the other didn't and neither lit it on the failing side. However, when I clamped to the working side across to the failing side, the tester lit up. What would this mean or suggest as a possible fix?
I didn't get around to removing the skotchloks yet, as it started to rain yet again and so I had to put the soldering iron away.