hi all
i was just playing around with my mini i have a monster tacho its not hooked up i was putting power to it i am running an electric fuel pump. i disconnected it and put the wire from the tacho to it to get power now i had the lights on after a few minutes all of a sudden the right blinker light cam on it wasnt flashin it was just on and only the speedo light was on i connected the fuel pump back up went to start it and i got that sound when you get a flat battery that fast ticking noise but the battery is only 3weeks old i didnt leave the lights on over night. can someone help have i blown any thing

Dead short somewhere. Thats what you get for putting a monster tacho in a mini

By the way how of those pics going?

Sounds pretty shitty, that battery does sound pretty flat...

I usually find that removing all you have done to get back to a working baseline helps.

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but how could a brad new battery go flat in 5 minutes

I think you may have the symptom known as "Passion fingers"???

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Try disconnecting the battery and leaving it while

His batteries new last long - but I think Angelina would last hours

Then it was never charged, unless you sat on the starter button for five minutes straight and discharged it...
Something may be draining the battery continuosly,check to see that everything is turned off when you leave the car
or
The alternator may not be charging (broken or accidentally disconnected)
or
the battery may be faulty.


Give it a boost overnight and then have another go, not likely but make sure all the battery connections are tight and the solenoid too.

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did you disconnect the battery at all while doing this work? if so, did you put the terminals back on tight?

I just did this today.. went to start it.. click click click click.. checked the terminals, earth was loose, wiggled it down a little.. and voila.. click brummm!

as for your indicator stuck on.. nfi.. short somewhere! did you knock something with the indicator can while fiddling around the dash?

i have a 3cluster i had a wire i think the coil wire off the tacho every thing else normal no fues blown nothing now when i turn the lights on only the speedo light goes on and the right blinker light doesnt flash just stays on and the blinkers dont work when i push the horn it sounds like it wants to work but just doesnt have the power it sounds like a flat battery but its brand new. when i had a flat battery a few weeks ago i only got the clicking noise the dash didnt go funny like it did tonight ill give it a boost at work tomorrow but would i have dun any damage or blown something? oh and as for the alt its on its way out i no that the alt light comes on when sitting there give it a rev and goes out so mayb when driving it it hasnt been chargeing it.

I would be looking at your earth points, perhaps the one behind your cluster

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check your earths picman

Even though it's new the battery could have a dead cell, try charging the battery & see if it starts it then. If you have a 3 gauge dash cluster why do you need a "monster tacho"???


Doogie

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why do i need a monster tacho i dont i was just bored and wanted to see it light up lol

Bad earths won't make the solenoid go click-click, it's grounded internally. Indicators are earthed in the engine bay on either side of the firewall cross member.

Still, for both independant faults to come up at once, I would still put my money on the battery simply being flat (or a bad battery connection). Next issue is to find out why.

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