Modern Vespa

on my 97 ET4. The dash lights don't work, but the signal, petrol and brake lights do. I located the fuse box but am still none the wiser. Can a bulb blowing short the whole system? The scoot cut out when the lights failed and I had to start it up again in traffic. I am going to take it to service but worry bout getting fleeced.

Whaddya I dooooo?

Ps: I'm new here! Hello everybody

Hiya Specs, welcome.

A fuse going could be the cause (there is one just for the lights you report duff) - they can 'just die', though this is unlikely. More likely a wire has been trapped somewhere and has chafed through. Check the fuses - if one looks as though it has died a violent death then start hunting the trapped wire.

I checked some fuses (I think) next to the battery. one was green and one was amber. Is that them? Or are they somewhere else?

I am kind of resigned to having to take it in somewhere for a mechanic to fix, but I am terrified of a hefy bill

Sadly I haven't got available a decent PDF of the wiring diagram - but there should be more than two fuses! If you ask nicely at a dealers where the fuses are, they can show you and that'll be a good start. I'm assuming you want to fix this as cheaply as possible.

I am happy to pay, I just don't want to be ripped off. I am convinced my ignorance will coat me like a glossy sheen when I ride the scoot in to the mechanic I just don't want some chancer taking the thing apart and then lumping me with a bill for £200 or summat This is my first scooter. I've little mechanical knowledge (well of the scoot at least, though I struggle with simple maths and jigsaws at the best of times

Whereabouts in London are you? Maybe someone nearby can point out a reputable dealer, or help out. There are some dealers to avoid for service, so check here first!

I'm in North London and work in the West End. There's a scooter place in Finchley I was condsiering, or scooterworks down Lambeth way. Or even a mobile mechanic. I would take reccomendations. I'm straight up, just naive

pm for you i know a reputable mechanic in the brick lane area

There are lights fuses behind the left hand legshield trim. Open the glovebox and remove the single screw and the black plastic will come off, revealing all.