Shine another light

This site contains affiliate links for which LandyZone may be compensated if you make a purchase.
I would still say a dodgy earth, get yourself a simple bulb style circuit tester and look to see what is live and isn’t when you turn stuff on/off and unplug things. Sorry all you can do is logically go through it until you find the problem.

Had an issue with my brothers 90, front indicator making headlight flash. Turned out to be an earth on the rear light unit on the opposite side of the vehicle.
 
Have you measured the resistance from the earth point to the negative on the battery? It should be a very low resistance.
 
Mackers said:
Haven't got cable long enough ... yet!
Click to expand...
Get a piece of wire to add to the end of yer multimeter cable. Assuming yer battery is under the passenger seat, yer meter cables may reach through the inside of yer lr.
 
I found that steel bolts work much better for earths. That looks like a stainless bolt thus I'm inclined to suggest you change it for a steel bolt and see, having sanded the body work which it contacts first.

I had a similar problem and I was using titanium bolts, because i had a load of them, and they are more or less insulators! So I looked into it and found the above information to be true. Having used steel bolts I sorted the problem.

Despite your efforts, it does sound to me like an bad earth that you haven't rectified yet!
 
Mackers said:
I know everyone's said earth. I done em all and there's nowt wrong with the earths.
Click to expand...
Doubt you’ve done all of them over the entire vehicle yet. And they can take some checking, as things may appear ok at first only to be an issue when another circuit is powered.

I recall a number of years back my Grandads Rover 600 had an earthing fault. When you pressed the brake pedal the headlights came on!
 
Faulty earth on the body connecting to the chassis underneath. What a palaver it's been. I'd hate to be an autoelectrician. A frustrating process of elimination. Y'all were right. Well done x
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

D
Tail lights not working
Replies
2
Views
164
miktdish
miktdish
J
LED lights
Replies
9
Views
1K
miktdish
miktdish
L
Rewire 3rd brake light
Replies
4
Views
245
logis
L
I
Disco 2 rear light cracked.
Replies
8
Views
361
Spong
Spong
J
Brake lights
Replies
4
Views
520
300bhp/ton
300bhp/ton
Back
Top