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Alternator ?

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hobbit:
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Dirty Gertie:
You have my utmost sympathy; been there, played that game - no fun at all!!!
Her Landyship was plagued with electrical problems for several months; it was horrible!! :shock:  What made diagnosis worse was the fact that it was starter motor, battery and alternator, all failing, well, she is  a 12 year old Landie!! (I've only had her 18 months, so I don't know when things were, if ever, replaced) Plus, an Italian meal of wiring, due to the copious amounts of 'bling' (added by previous owner, whose strong point is, most definately not wiring!!:shock: )
The wiring was a nightmare! The I.C.E. was wired direct to the battery; single feed - no hi/low, so, of course, no switch. Power was draining via the C.D changer, so that was disconnected, I hate electrickery, so a very kind friend came and sorted it out for me, Pete found various horror stories, nestling within H.L's loom!
She's had a new  starter motor & battery,  and various alternator component transplants,( including a new one which went up in smoke within 2 minutes, and yes, I had earthed it!!)  I finally fitted one from a rangie, and at last she was charging at  14.5v !!! :lol:


 \:D/  \:D/  <sing> Oh Happy Day!!</sing>  \:D/  \:D/
I sincerely hope yours is a simple alternator/brushes/ swap, cos I had a pigging nightmare!!!


Oh, I forgot to say, in the middle of all that palaver; the immobiliser also once decided to immobilise totally as soon as I arrived on site for an off road weekend :evil: it had to be removed in the field!!

Kenny:
Sounds like a lot more wiring than on Animal, CD Changer ? Immobiliser ? crikey is this a land rover or a luxury Merc or BMW 4x4 ;)

Reminds me still got an earth wire to re-fit having replaced the wing. I wonder what it's for as everything seems to work  :oops:

Damian

Dirty Gertie:

--- Quote from: "Kenny" ---Sounds like a lot more wiring than on Animal, CD Changer ? Immobiliser ? crikey is this a land rover or a luxury Merc or BMW 4x4 ;)



Damian
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Yep, she's all Landy!!  She was previously owned by a bit of a 'bling' merchant, (and lived in a rough area of London; hence the immobiliser!) but the refinements are very enjoyable!

Range Rover Blues:
Ours was previously owned by a cretin.  I don't think any job was done properly or with full understanding of what was actually being done!
Just when you think you have got to the bottom of it, something else goes wrong.
You have my simpathy, if you lived near enough I'd offer to help.

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