Hello All,
I have just joined and I guess like most my first request is for help, I am slightly gutted in having owned my TF less than 24 hours and made it worse. To be fair I could cry, I started the day with working brake lights and now have nothing...
I knew yesterday the high level boot brake light was not working and thanks to this website I knew it was likely to be the boot wiring loom having snapped with use, on investigation this morning this had been previously modded, therefore I surmised the wiring was at fault under the layers of insulation tape. I undid all the tape to find nothing seemingly amiss, however in my excitement at fixing my new car, I forgot to undo the battery (I hadn't realised this yet) and put the whole thing back together as I had found it, only to then discover that
nothing I now worked, including all the brake lights. The Hazards and the tail lights work, but the brake lights, boot light and the boot opening warning was on.
After a brief panic I decided to it properly and having disconnected the battery, brought some wire strippers and terminal blocks and wire them up methodically. In my mind the wires that leave the boot should match the colours in the car, however whoever had done the wiring previously had placed a plain black wire from the car into the red/black wire from the boot (but his solution worked). So I wired up the three black wires into the same terminal (I believe they are all earth wires?) and matched up all the others, when this failed I wired it up as the previous owner had and still nothing.
I know it's not the best photo but it just shows the general arrangement I was going for, I was going to tidy it all up when it worked, which it didn't. The boot open warning light has now gone, but the brake lights are still completely off as is the boot light. I checked fuse 15 and all seemed okay and the horn works.
So effectively I have undone someone else's job and now b*ggered it right up.
Is there a plug in the engine bay that I could of accidentally pulled out? Any clues would be greatly appreciated as I am gutted I've knackered it up.
Thank you
Oly