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Vehicle & Technical => Range Rover => Topic started by: simon15 on February 27, 2007, 18:19:22

Title: Rangie fixed but....... ign light on....
Post by: simon15 on February 27, 2007, 18:19:22

Right some of you may no the elecs shorted out the weekend and battery caught fire etcetc...

just managed to fix it tonight with a new battery new accel cable and 3 new earth straps.

earth straps i have put from driverside turret mount bolt to pulley mount bolt.
from passenger side inner wing to a lower bolt on the front of engine
and last one from battery neg to turret bolt on pass side.


all seems ok starts at the turn of the key and all elec working and no smoke :)


BUT.............................


The ignition light stays illuminated after start up???

it dims very slightly on tick over then as soon as you rev slightly it goes back bright ( but litterally very slight change)


just before everything shoted out the weekend the ignition light was flickering on and off i just hope i dont still have a elec fault.


Any ideas???


Sorry for the long post. :)


Its a '83 'A' reg running a isuzu 2.8 TD engine.

Title: Rangie fixed but....... ign light on....
Post by: Yoshi on February 27, 2007, 18:37:40

Sounds like the same problem i had with my lights when the alternator went.

Title: Rangie fixed but....... ign light on....
Post by: simon15 on February 27, 2007, 19:20:54

just a new alternator then?

hopefully anyway.

better then searching through the whole electric system to find a problem.


What happened with yours before it packed up?

Title: Rangie fixed but....... ign light on....
Post by: Guardian. on February 27, 2007, 19:26:05

alternator shot!

Title: Rangie fixed but....... ign light on....
Post by: simon15 on February 27, 2007, 19:28:45

thats ok then :)


sounds a wierd thing to be glad about but thought it would be wiring or its ready to catch fire again.......

Title: Rangie fixed but....... ign light on....
Post by: hairyasswelder on February 27, 2007, 19:46:46

Try a multimeter on the battery to see if it still charging, mine would still work even when the light was on. Turned out to be a faulty diode in the alternator so wasnt urgent.
You could also try wiring a bulb directly to the terminal for the warning light to check it not damaged wiring?

Title: Rangie fixed but....... ign light on....
Post by: Range Rover Blues on February 28, 2007, 12:42:14

Given what else has happened I'd not be surprised if the alternator was damaged at the same time as the rest of it.

It's possible it is still charging but it needs repair at some point.

Title: Rangie fixed but....... ign light on....
Post by: richard_sephton on February 28, 2007, 15:29:56

have you rewired the light does it come on bright with out the engine running if not it may be wired up wrong or the alternator is broke

Title: Rangie fixed but....... ign light on....
Post by: big rob on February 28, 2007, 15:54:31

do you know anyone whom you can swap the alternator with to check it is that before buying a new one, might cost you a pint but worth a try.

Title: Rangie fixed but....... ign light on....
Post by: simon15 on February 28, 2007, 16:24:14

well it seems better today after driving it a bit but also the belt is quite slack and cant adjust it any further due to the alternator fan hitting the pas box if i did.

So just ordered a new belt which will be down tomorrow so hopefully that will fix it.


But now the handbrake aint working it one thing after another :(

Title: Rangie fixed but....... ign light on....
Post by: Difflock on February 28, 2007, 20:27:16

Not wishing to state the obvious here but has the little blue/black wire on the back of the alternator come adrift/been frazzled  :?:  :?:,its the one that powers the field coils I think  :?:  :?: and creates the red light

Title: Rangie fixed but....... ign light on....
Post by: simon15 on February 28, 2007, 20:28:08

ill have a look when i replace the belt tomorrow :)

Title: electrics
Post by: ukmudmaster on March 01, 2007, 20:26:17

Had similar fault a while ago, was a weak brush spring in the alternator, a bit fiddly but cheap and easy repair, worth looking at,
Dave

Title: Rangie fixed but....... ign light on....
Post by: simon15 on March 01, 2007, 20:55:55

the alternator aint spinning...

Its siezed... new one on its way though :)