Not A Skyline But Help!

[VB-]

well, i just got home to find out that ma mums car dont start, and the guy from RACV diagnosed it as an 'electrical fault', im guessin a short circuit sumwhere, but not sure. its an EA falcon 50th anniversary 3.9 (not multipoint )the symptoms are as follows:

car wont start

light beside tailgate switch keeps flashing (the lock/unlock switch on the dash)

right indicator comes on

nothing displays on radio face, but backlight comes on

central locking tries to lock the car intermitantly

i dont know anything about the immobiliser, and have no idea where it is exactly. the alarm has been disconnected coz it went off one day a few years back, and we just cut all the wires off the back of it to shut it up. theres a seperate switch hidden away to kill the imobiliser, its not a remote key for the alarm and imobiliser (hence just ripping the alarm out as we couldnt stop it) so normally we can start the car if the immobiliser does kick in for whatever reason. but the switch dont do sh*t

i have quite a good understanding about cars, but not this side of it , so gurus, please help

PS- sorry if this is in the wrong section

Edited June 9, 2006 by VB-

[SKY031]

At the risk of being called "Captain Obvious", have you tried posting this up on the E series forum?

http://www.fordforums.com.au/forumdisplay.php?f=62

[VB-]

yep, got the same thread on there too, i went there before here, but i thought i might get more opinions on the fix if i have it on here too

[VB-]

*** i just posted htis on the ford site and copied, so somethings may not make sense (replies to other ppl)

ok, so i've done some of my own diagnostic. it would seem that ANYTHING that makes an electric circuit, will cause the right indicator to flash for about 30 secs. this includes opening doors, opening glovebox (coz its got that little light inside) opening tailgate, just about any switch on the dash will set it off, except the head-unit, this seems to have no effect on it what so ever. the doors locking emselves is very random, and i have no idea wot causes htis.

i have found that when the right indicator comes on, its not on the indicator circuit, its on the hazard circuit, and there is nothing i can do to stop em flashing. nomrally u can do anything, it will flash for 30 secs, but if u dont turn on/off, open/close anything, it will stop after the 30 secs, but if the bonnet is open, it will go for 30, stop for about 5 or 10, then start again.

i've pulled out just about every realay and i cannot stop it (four next to all the fuses, four under the bonnet.

as for the dash lights, its the battery and park break that come on when on acc, and the park break and brake fail when turning key to start.

[mad082]

sounds like a battery issue. again, captain obvious, but have you tried jumping the car, or putting a new battery on. a common problem with ea and eb faclons is that they cook the alternator wire. even though it is a big fat bugger they just melt it. both my and my mates ea and eb's did it. they they don't charge the battery. seems that whenever the battery shorts out then it looks the doors. its a major pain in the coight.

[VB-]

yeh they are just a bitch of a car. i went out just before coz i cbf waitin for a multimeter to come available (i havent got one yet goddamnit) and i was gonna pull the battery out even tho it was diagnosed as being fine (by the RACV guy) and wen i did, i noticed a bit of crap between the connections... doH! shoulda checked that first, and yeh, problem went away. dud ground was the issue... i wonder if that had anything to do with the dimming headlights ma mum was tellin me about 3 months ago..... lol i knew i shoulda fixed it then, but i was too lazy. thanks anyway guys