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Thanks. Hopefully a good little runabout now. Paint and interior need a good going over next, but other than that it looks pretty good.

Will do

Excellent thanks !!

Can’t take the credit I’m afraid. ... Autoelectric guy found it for me. I still need to check the drain/s ... do you know where they are ?

Got there in the end. Main power lead to terminal 30 was corroded and snapped. Location - in front of driver, under windscreen. To access, remove wiper arms, plastic scuttle cover under windscreen, wiper mechanism, and black cover over terminal 30.

Thanks Gents, I’m away for a few days, so will have a crack at those ideas when I get back.

Thanks Wino, Right I've done that. I've done all the fuses on top of the battery. All removed, checked and refitted. Regarding E3 - thanks for the info, found it now. Not removed it yet, but it also looks mint (was hoping it might be corroded !!). Will get the tester on it later. So in summary, All the earths look ok now (need to remove and clean E2, but visually ok) Fuses all ok, including the battery ones. 'Neutral' reading on a live feed to the cigar lighter is not making sense to me ? (There has been condensation/a rainwater leak in the car when my father in law drove it (it wasn't driven very much), hence me looking for corrosion possibilities) Thanks

Thanks guys for the responses. Earths Using the Haynes numbering system ... I've had a look at the main earth point (E1-next to the battery) Also the E2, below battery on side member I'm looking for E3 under centre console, in front of gear stick (trim off now, but it's not obvious yet ... any clues ?). The one behind the battery on the strut tower (E4 - there are two there ?). Also checked E5 on the LH C pillar. Disconnected, checked and reconnected E1 and E4. Not had a chance to get into E2. E5 is in mint condition, and can't find E3 yet. Battery Busbar The battery busbar is live on the car side of the fuses, but not had chance to follow your advice to strip them all off and refit yet. Wiring Testing Being a sad fellow, I've been tinkering in the garage instead of out clubbing on a Saturday night !! I've been prodding my probe in various places !! (a Sealey PPX ?). Not sure that I understand the results that I'm getting with it (... it beeps once with a green light for neutral, and twice with a red light for positive.) I've taken out the gear stick area trim whilst hunting for Earth point 3. Not found it, but probed the cigar lighter connector socket. Three cables, brown, black/white and blue/grey. Each one is returning a negative beep/light ? I was expecting the black/white to be positive as it's on the battery side of the circuit ? If not positive, then I was expecting no signal from the probe ? Not sure if this makes any sense to a novice ?? I've been probing all over, and get plenty of negative beeps, but the only positive so far has been the big black lead onto the starter motor itself. Not had a chance to spend much time on it overall, but wondered if any of the above made any sense ?

Thanks Wino, The ohms read zero if touched together (it’s on the lowest scale which is 200 ohm). The cigarette lighter doesn’t work. There is 12v on the bus bar and after the fuses on top of the battery. I’m scratching my head to think what’s next.

Hi Wino, Thanks for that. The battery terminals are tight. The main battery earth is in good condition, tight and clean. Measuring the resistance across the neutral on the battery and the earth point, it's 0.8 ohms, so I'm thinking that's ok ? Is there a next logical step to trace the dead bit ? Thanks Phil

Hi, First post for me. 2005 Skoda Fabia 1.2 petrol, just inherited it, and it died after 2 days. It was driving fine, no warning lights, no problems. Engine died, speedo and rev counter froze in position. Nothing electrical works on the car. So far ... Battery fully charged. Battery fuses tested ok All fuses in drivers door fuse box ok. Relays tested and seem ok (to a novice !) Suggested fault finding (from a mate) As nothing works at all, start with the basics ... (battery ok) Find the voltage distributor (first point on the wiring diagram - Terminal 30) and check for voltage there (for a start) Work onwards from there. Problem I've found the voltage distributor under the dash on the drivers side I can't get to it with the relay carrier, steering wheel, wiring loom etc in the way. Help please Anyone accessed the voltage distributor and if so how ? Does the whole dash need to come out, can it be accessed from the engine bay side. The page here (Workshop manuals) makes it look very simple and just says that the 'The storage compartment on the driver's side must first be removed to open or remove the voltage distributor.' !! but doesn't seem to take account of all the gubbins in the way !! Many thanks, Phil