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came after i had a new clutch fitted after the car being off the road for sveral months
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This is starting to come together.
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theres the main earth strap attached to the gearbox that then attaches to the chassis.
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if this if not connected properly.
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turn your ignition on and try and start your car and the gauges start to go daft.
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as theres a reverse polarity of the electricity running towards the gauge cluster.
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"It had blown the 120 amp fuse in the front of the car"
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Hells bells, might be related to the alternator messing up whilst its been stood
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has it been sat ouside in the rain
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You can strap a new earth to the engine to the chassis from either one of the start motor bolts or one of the distributer bolts
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then replace the fuse in the kick panel and try that.
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that way, the engine is getting an earth and fingers crossed the current doesn't come back over.
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unless its done some damage already.
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hth
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