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INDICATOR STALK HELP!!!!

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landroverkeith:
Everyonce in a while i suffer with this too m8 indicators dont flash but with a little jiggle to the stick :) all is well

imspanners:
It doesn't just corrode the soldered joints, it corrodes the whole fusible link wire. (Which is just a piece of wire designed to burn/break at a set amperage).

There are 3 or 4 fusible link wires in the loom at that point.
If you untape the wiring from the battery you'll see where the wires are soldered onto the main battery loom. As each wire leaves the joint it's behind a braided cover. Just tug on each wire from it's joint at the main loom and it's joint to each fusebox feed:
(See crude attachment)

fram:
Cheers for that mate,
I presume then that the fuseable links need to be replaced with inline fuses, and that a fuse with slightly higher ampage than the one in the fuse box would be a good idea, after all it's easier to change the fuse box fuse should it blow than to dig around under the bonnet trying to find the right fuse.

imspanners:
Yep, just replace them with a in-line fuse. I've used the maxi style fuses as they can be attached to large blade connectors, making them easy to replace. Alternatively use a mega fuse, and ring connectors and bolt them together.

You need to check what circuits are associated to that fusible link and add them up, to get the fuse rating.
 

Maxi fuse

Mega Fuse

fram:
Cheers Imspanners, you hit the problem spot on.

We stripped back the wires and found the ones that had come adrift, what looked like two live feeds that went into one wire on the loom, so we've soldered it back, will replace all fusable links with inline fuses in the future, just wanted to get everything working for now.

So we now have headlights, indicators and horn, even the central locking is working again.

You'd have thought with a major power feed like that comming apart that all the things that stopped working would has stopped at the same time instead of over what was about two weeks. Good old Land Rover wiring, can always be relied apon to confuse you!!

Thanks again for the help.

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