Mazda bongo

[Tygoose]

Hi all. Have a mazda bongo. Have a short on one circuit. The circuit includes central locking, radio and internal lights. I have removed lamps and they look fine. Are there any tricks to finding fault or is it just trace the colour cable till I find break? Thanks

 

[Richard Burns]

Faults normally occur where cables are connected to equipment or where they pass through bulkheads and round corners so those are the areas to concentrate on but in a nutshell you have described the procedure.

Remember it may be the equipment itself so disconnect things one by one first and test the circuit resistance for faults, then follow cables.

 

[tony mc]

Also where the wiring is routed into doors and tailgates etc normally enclosed in a rubber outer sleeve the continued open and shutting can caused havoc with the enclosed wires !