Outer Limits 4x4 Board

The things i do just to fix a cigarette lighter. 2 days to pull the whole dash out just to solder one loose wire .
But at least i can charge my mobile again

Where does this bit go???

Holy s**t!

Where was the fault?

lol.. i have the same farking problem! but i DONT want to remove my dash... so i've been going without the cig lighter... sure would love to get it back though... any chance i can take the mid section off without removing the entire dash?

Too much spare time on your hands, I say!

Hope it all goes back together...

It went back together without any problems and everything still works . I had a week of holidays with nothing to do.

is there any way to gain access to the cig lighter without tearing the dash all apart? also.. did a wire simply come apart? what exactly was wrong??

No, i tried just taking the center section out but couldn't. so i just pulled the whole thing out. Had time to burn
At the back of the cig lighter there are 2 thin steel plates approc 10mm diameter, seperated by some insulating material. But the plates are then joined by a wire. This wire was broken and i couldn,t see why the insulating material was needed so i removed it. (I did try soldering it first but wasn,t successful)
I tested it first then put it all back together.

Was heaps of fun.

You just need nimble fingers

I took my ash tray out and found with some pain, I could get access to behind the cig lighter and fix up a loose wire I had not too long ago...took me 30 minutes

ferwoaza... do explain! i would really LOVE to get my cig lighter back so i can invest in an air compressor and charge my moble phone as well... how did you fix yours??

I did the same, just remove the CD player and the ash tray, be prepared to cut your hands and swear a lot.

Then either replace the cig lighter with a new unit, or play with the old one. I found that mine had lost the earth, so I bought a new unit (about $5) and installed it with a new earth off the radio bracket, as I found this easier than trying to fix the old earth.

A circuit tester will help a lot, so will either patience or beer.

You will get it eventually.

But don't get too focused on slicing fingers off trying to get the original to work... unless of course you're really into that kind of thing

You might wanna consider running a new set of wires off the mains (with its own fuse of course), and putting in a socket somewhere else in the car.

I've previously placed 2nd and 3rd sockets under the passenger seat (lying loose with an extra 2m of cable for flexibility), and in the back (mounted flush into the side board).

zed wrote:But don't get too focused on slicing fingers off trying to get the original to work... unless of course you're really into that kind of thing

You might wanna consider running a new set of wires off the mains (with its own fuse of course), and putting in a socket somewhere else in the car.

I've previously placed 2nd and 3rd sockets under the passenger seat (lying loose with an extra 2m of cable for flexibility), and in the back (mounted flush into the side board).

True there, I run one in the back near the roll bar and plug things like the fluro and the spotlight in down there when camping. Its a great idea.

There is of course an even more important function for such a socket in the back: plugging in the charger for my radio controlled car

guys, guys guys...

It's just 12V running from accessories...

Just run a new cable for it.. save yourself the hastle..
And if you use to cigarette lighter for things whilest camping, than connect it to constant.. That way you don't need the key in the ignition to use it...

Simple... Well alot simplere than removing the entire dash.. IMO..

All that trouble to fix something that could be solved with a $1 BIC lighter & a $15 spare mobile batery...

I did have a week with nothing to do. and i know a lot more about my little beast now than i did before.
Its easy to just run a few wires. Where is everyones sense of adventure

Clint wrote:I did have a week with nothing to do. and i know a lot more about my little beast now than i did before.
Its easy to just run a few wires. Where is everyones sense of adventure

Left my sense of adventure in my Feroza when I sold it.

hahahaha

Clint wrote:The things i do just to fix a cigarette lighter. 2 days to pull the whole dash out just to solder one loose wire .
But at least i can charge my mobile again

I've put all the dash out just for 40 mins. And put it on again for 2 hours.

So you are pritty slow

Borisovich wrote: I've put all the dash out just for 40 mins. And put it on again for 2 hours. So you are pritty slow

Must have been all that experience you got from fixing your Lada on a daily basis Borisovich....

I've had the dash out of my Rocky a few times. About an hour is what you can do it in when you know all the short cuts. I rebuilt the one presently in my Rocky from a pile of parts in a wreck I bought. That was my first experience with them. No workshop manual at that time either. Interesting to see they are completely reversable for LHD vehicles. All the exact same components used.