What Have You Done to Your Cougar Today?
- Thread starter Axximilli
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I've just been using the Cougar for work, as soon as I get a day off I get the Astra out but spent a few hours on the Cougar today and I'll be heading out in it shortly 
Did the mod on the alty today to stop flickering lights, Not the easiest job I’ve ever done with very little working room. Anyway, job was successful apart from losing the spring clip off the plug! I did a tempory fix with a cable tie and Andy’s going to look for one off the breaker for me. Really annoyed with myself for losing that damn clip!!!
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Yes it’s cleared that annoying flicker! Good luck to you mate!
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Ditto. Tim replaced the alternator a while back so I know that's good - the flickering is quite noticeable with the Elglow dials
I did yes, but sadly didn't get much time on the beach and when we did, i realised i'd left them in the boot anyway. Not even a single DG photo oppertunity this time.
Yes mate your sock is still there lol, a daily reminder of where her parts come from
Does it stink yet
Im not sure but dont the dials have to be certain colours for MOT reasons?
Red - Serious , Yellow - Warning , Green - Lights?
Looks good though
Does it stink yet
Im not sure but dont the dials have to be certain colours for MOT reasons?
Red - Serious , Yellow - Warning , Green - Lights?
Looks good though
Ill just claim colourblind, how am I supposed to know?
But the red lights have been replaced with Red LEDs
Ricky, this may help: https://www.rhinocarhire.com/Drive-Smart-Blog/Dash-Warning-Lights-Complete-Guide.aspx
Cleaned mine yet again, checked the levels for the first time in 2 months and not lost a drop of anything, so cleaned the headlights up a bit, really like it when its clean and touch wood it's not immobilised itself in a while...
I knew I wasnt going mad and they were certain colours for a reason
They are, but only because of the way that our subconscious responds to them in terms of urgency. Which is to say that there is a reason why red lights are red.
For what it's worth, Tim's link is a brilliant demonstration of this, but as far as I can tell there's nothing in the MOT regs that demand specific light colours on the dash. The only specification I can see is that safety ones must visibly light up as the car is being started, (brake warning, SRS, seatbelts) and then go out.
I have no real idea whether this is strictly the case, but I'd love to meet the MOT tester who has every light colour memorised, and knows that all the lights on a TR3A are red.
