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(Message started by: scorpi on May 4^th, 2004, 9:28am)

Title: Bootlight stays off
Post by scorpi on May 4^th, 2004, 9:28am

Hi there fellow scorp lovers.
Have a small problemm with my bootlight.
Replaced the bulb when i found out it didn't work.
But after replacement still ... nothing.
Somebody got an idea :-[
Have a 2.0l 16V GLX 1995

Title: Re: Bootlight stays off
Post by 2tired on May 4^th, 2004, 10:50pm

Hi Scorpi

Below is an exchange I had with Armin Droste on the list. As you can see, Armin's problem was the switch itself, mine was a broken wire at the switch, others have reported a break in the wire at the point where it enters the boot from the cabin.

HTH
Kevin

Hello again Kevin,

thank you very very much for your helpful answers. With your advice I
yesterday finally was successful in everything:

1) removing the trim piece
2) finding the boot lock switch
3) identifying the failure.

The switch had exactly the shape and colour as you had described. Actually I
had to dismount the complete lock mechanism to have access to the switch.
With some force it was also no problem, to detach the switch from the lock
(although there probably might be a more elegant method). The blue switch
with a 25cm long pigtail and an oversized (my opinion) three-terminal
connector at the end is not supposed to be repaired. But nevertheless with
some violence I broke it up and found the cause the dark boot light. One of
the three contact areas on the small printed circuit board inside the switch
was so corroded that nearly nothing of the copper layer remained in place.
After having analysed the circuitry I now can say that it was exactly that
contact area by which the ground potential is fed via the slider in the
switch to the bulb in the boot lamp.

So I will now ask my Ford Main Dealer for the price of the switch assembly.
If it appears too expensive to me, I will try to repair the switch by
carving my own pcb from raw material.

Thank you very much again for your support

Regards
Armin

> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> Von: klittle@eircom.net [mailto:klittle@eircom.net]
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 05. Februar 2004 16:32
> An: Armin Droste
> Betreff: Re: AW: [Scorpio] Boot lamp off
>
>
> Hi Armin
>
> There's a trim piece on the inside of the boot lid which
> needs to be removed. Some of the trim fixings are prised
> out using a flat head screwdriver, others are screwed out.
> Once the trim is removed try and look into the boot lid
> interior from your left hand side, using a flash lamp. You
> should be able to see the blue coloured switch attached to
> the boot lid lock mechanism. You have to remove the lock
> mechanism to actually get at the switch or so my mechanic told me.
>
> Mine is a 1995 saloon, so I don't discount the possibility
> that later cars may be different.
>
> HTH
> KL
>
>
> "Armin Droste" <armin.droste@t-online.de> wrote:
>
> <
> < Hi Kevin,
> <
> < please excuse a silly question, but I'm a real newbie. Do
> I have to remove
> < any cover to see the blue box? Again it was quite dark,
> when I looked after
> < that device. But even with a torch I was not able to find
> the switch. But
> < there must be such a thing somewhere, because the boot
> light worked properly
> < several weeks before when opening the boot via remote
> control and via key.
> <
> < Is there probably a difference between saloon and estate
> in this area? My is
> < a saloon (facelift model).
> <
> < Cheers
> < Armin
> <
> < > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> < > Von: owner-scorpio@simplelists.com
> < > [mailto:owner-scorpio@simplelists.com]Im Auftrag von
> < > klittle@eircom.net
> < > Gesendet: Montag, 02. Februar 2004 15:21
> < > An: scorpio@simplelists.com
> < > Betreff: Re: [Scorpio] Boot lamp off
> < >
> < >
> < > scorpio@simplelists.com wrote:
> < > Armin
> < >
> < > The electrical switch to the boot lock is a small blue
> < > rectangular box (no bigger than a small matchbox) and its
> < > directly attached to the lock mechanism in the boot lid.
> < > Its difficult to see but it is possible to see it.
> < >
> < > My problem with the boot light lay in a broken wire at this
> < > switch which my mechanic detected with a multimeter.
> < >
> < > HTH
> < > Kevin
> <

Title: Re: Bootlight stays off
Post by scorpi on May 5^th, 2004, 2:25pm

Thanks for the tips Kevin.
Will have it a go and maybe then will "see the light"

Thanks again. :)

Title: Re: Bootlight stays off
Post by Baz on May 5^th, 2004, 2:42pm

Did they do a GLX Scorpio?

Baz

Title: Re: Bootlight stays off
Post by scorpi on May 6^th, 2004, 10:03am

HI there Baz,

Yes, i'm from the netherlands and the types i've seen being sold here are the following types :GLX (the lower)
and GHIA types (Higher)

It seems that the dutch people didn't like the new looks of these scorps ,appart from a few real Ford lovers!
So they didn't bought this beauty when it was produced.

Maybe thats the reason why there are only two types.