radio and odometer dead!!

[trekie]

hi y'all,
my radio has been dead for a week or so and now ive realised that my odometer is also not registering the milage ive been doing. the speedo is showing my speed. i have to admit that the wiring is a bit of a mess as the last owner had wired in a lot of extras and has cut into nearly every cable even the radio, he by-passed the loom connector and wired directly with cable connectors. its a right mess
can anyone point me in the right direction to resolve the problem

cheers

alex and jan

[Ricardo]

Funny you should say that, my odometer is dead too but speedo fine. I'm sure it's illegal to drive with a dead one. Can anyone help us? eg. how to remove the dash without it all going bongo up?

[bigdaddycain]

This cant really be answered without actually looking at your wiring alex&jan.

[sajseven]

I don't think it's illegal to drive without an odometer. If I remember correctly the (new) MINIs used to have an odometer as an option, and I know plenty of older (80s) cars don't have them (Suzuki SJ, for example). But I don't know if I'm wrong so please correct me!

[bigdaddycain]

Have you tried some wd40 on the pin switches on the pillar of the front doors for the courtesy light Alex? Give them a good "working out" by hand...

[trekie]

hi ste,
ive "played" with the pin switches and theyre not sticking, i think that theres just no power going to them. whoever owned the van previously must have re-directed the power to other things, the light works internally when i switch it on and off but does not work at the pin switches when the door opens. strange really

cheers

alex and jan

[trekie]

funny thing, the pin switches have suddenly started working so thats one less thing to worry about.
we certainly will have to get together as this is worrying me and jan wants her music
do hope to see you soon.

cheers

alex and jan