Totally unrelated to the dash electrics, but I've been troubleshooting this afternoon. A couple of days before the MOT, when checking the lights I found that the offside (rightside) main beam didn't work. Two sharp blows with a flat palm got the light on, I checked the connections inside the bowl, and it stayed on for the MOT.
But as we all know, cars don't heal up, and a flat palm strike never cures anything. And so when I tested the lights today I found that I had no main beam on the offside. Initially a flat palm strike brought it on, but later in the day this didn't work. I rechecked the connections and substituted the bulb. No power. Tracing the blue/white tracer back under the front wing leads to some bullet connectors above the wing stay. The main beam feed was really loose. In fact the bullet sleeve was way too loose, and so I replaced it. And suddenly all was well......
I include a bullet to connector fit on my routine spanner check, it's easy to spot a loose one just poking about when I'm either under the bonnet, wings or underneath. I have a pair of bullet pliers that squeeze the connectors into the sleeve so it's easy, but suprising how loose they work over time.
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