Hatch light

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Hatch light

Post by kelvingenders » 29 Jun 2012 08:00 am

Just wondering anyone could send me pictures of how the hatch light is wired (not the actual bulb etc) but the wire that connects to the hatch strut or body, so when the hatch is released the light comes on. Mine has been cut and abused by the previous owner.

thanks Kelvin

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Re: Hatch light

Post by Logan360 » 29 Jun 2012 08:48 am

You have a constant positive power to the bulb, then goes from the bulb up to the top quarter trim plastic with is screwed on to your hatch strut mount. it then comes out of there and to a floating cylinder on your gas strut. when you open the hatch and that cylinder falls to the base it earth's creating a full circuit. so basically run a negative wire from your light up to that float on the gas strut.
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Re: Hatch light

Post by kelvingenders » 29 Jun 2012 09:10 am

"to that float on" . what does this look like?. I must be missing this. D'oh..Picture would be great

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Re: Hatch light

Post by Hell Driver » 29 Jun 2012 12:06 pm

Maybe someone replaced the strut with one without a switch.

This is one
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Re: Hatch light

Post by Chris_C » 29 Jun 2012 12:30 pm

It used to be a favourite trick when they were ~10 years old over here to see cars where the strut was replaced but people didn't realise the bit with the wire was a switch, so the boot light didn't do anything useful...

Similarly, some replacement struts over here were too short in the gas side to turn the switch off too
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Re: Hatch light

Post by kelvingenders » 29 Jun 2012 12:50 pm

Very Nice Chris.

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Re: Hatch light

Post by Chris_C » 29 Jun 2012 03:44 pm

Let me know if you are missing one and having trouble finding any. I'm not sure I have any in the spares pile, but there are a few places over here that might have.
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Re: Hatch light

Post by mac » 29 Jun 2012 07:10 pm

I have several switches "in stock" which can be fitted so long as
the gas strut ball joint is of the type that can be unscrewed.

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Re: Hatch light

Post by magnumpi » 29 Jun 2012 07:41 pm

Thats odd, mine definitely doesn't have one of those swithches, but the light used to work. That said one evening walking back into a dark driveway i could see a glow from the boot, it turned out the light was on permanently so i just disconnected it as i rarely use the boot. Not really helpful here, but just felt i'd share that :?
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Re: Hatch light

Post by kelvingenders » 29 Jun 2012 10:58 pm

I have put new struts in hatch and guess what, they don't unscrew....looks like I'll be modifying a few things

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Re: Hatch light

Post by kelvingenders » 30 Jun 2012 03:20 am

Got one of those switches and hooked it up. Light now stays on all the time!!!! - Help

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Re: Hatch light

Post by macplaxton » 30 Jun 2012 03:39 am

Did you move the plastic sleeve too?

There's a plastic sleeve which moves into the switch barrel, thus isolating the neg/earth return that lights the light.

Probably clearer here:

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Re: Hatch light

Post by kelvingenders » 30 Jun 2012 03:54 am

sure does

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Re: Hatch light

Post by macplaxton » 30 Jun 2012 04:10 am

Okay, so you're telling me you forgot to put the plastic sleeve on? :lol:
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Re: Hatch light

Post by kelvingenders » 01 Jul 2012 01:39 am

No transfered the whole unit with sleeve as well. The plastic sleeve can only be pushed inside the sleeve of the switch a tiny bit because there is a spring in there giving tension. It looks exactly as the picture state. So, the light should go off immediately when I close the boot?

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