What did you do with your Range Rover today

pwood999 · Saturday at 09:40

Datatek said:
Could be just the power cable to the box is loose.

The nut on the top cable is tight, but the terminal feels slightly loose. Fusebox needs to come out & get inspected properly.

kermit_rr · Saturday at 10:04

pwood999 said:
The nut on the top cable is tight, but the terminal feels slightly loose. Fusebox needs to come out & get inspected properly.

Could be the solder joint come unglued/cracked . I had this on 2 of the terminals underneath

pwood999 · Saturday at 10:53

kermit_rr said:
Could be the solder joint come unglued/cracked . I had this on 2 of the terminals underneath

That's my thought as well. Weather not ideal today though !!

pwood999 · Saturday at 16:15

kermit_rr said:
Could be the solder joint come unglued/cracked . I had this on 2 of the terminals underneath

Fusebox out - suspicion confirmed, main batter feed definitely bad. Also the terminal underneath for the Brown/Light-Green feed C169 to the BECM is a bit loose as well. Not noticed any problems with the BECM, but will sort that as well.

Spare fusebox installed & working ok. Will do the re-soldering & replace all the links between the two PCB's later in the week.

Datatek · Saturday at 17:03

pwood999 said:
Fusebox out - suspicion confirmed, main batter feed definitely bad. Also the terminal underneath for the Brown/Light-Green feed C169 to the BECM is a bit loose as well. Not noticed any problems with the BECM, but will sort that as well.

Spare fusebox installed & working ok. Will do the re-soldering & replace all the links between the two PCB's later in the week.

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That bolt in the first picture has certainly got a bit hot

Those cracked solder joints are unfortunately, typical.

Grrrrrr · Sunday at 07:54

nigelbb said:
I went in the garage to use my P38 for the first time in a couple of weeks & found it had an absolutely stone dead battery too. It was so dead that I couldn't jump start with the Lithium-ion battery pack I keep in the car. I pulled out the Hankook MF31-1000 & put it on charge then dug out the old Halfords battery that I kept after I replaced it with the Hankook three years ago. Happily it started first go even though it had only been charged up fully three years ago when I replaced it.. I hadn't been getting any problems with the Halfords battery. I only got the Hankook because Battery Megastore had them in stock at a good price.
It turned out that the reading light for the driver side rear passenger reading light had been accidentally left switched on. It's idiotic design from JLR to put these lamps on a circuit that isn't switched off with the ignition. In what circumstances would you ever want to have a passenger use the reading lamp when the engine isn't running?

I charged the Hankook MF31-1000 for 48 hours & it seems to be holding charge well so will be putting it back & keeping the old Halfords battery & keeping it in the garage as a spare.

I replaced those readings bulbs with LED after my son left his on one day.

kermit_rr · Sunday at 09:59

marjon said:
Unplug the bonnet switch (pretty sure you don't need to link it) see how it reacts.

J

Any ideas how? Limited view and it's frigging cold! Can't see any clip/press/squeeze etc.
Pretty sure it's the culprit because u used to here the computers doing stuff when you pressed/released etc.. now i hear nothing

marjon · Sunday at 11:02

kermit_rr said:
Any ideas how? Limited view and it's frigging cold! Can't see any clip/press/squeeze etc.
Pretty sure it's the culprit because u used to here the computers doing stuff when you pressed/released etc.. now i hear nothing

The little bit to press seems to be on top of the connector so squeeze top and bottom with fingers and it will release.

J

pwood999 · Sunday at 11:49

There's the release thingy in the connector !!

kermit_rr · Sunday at 14:04

pwood999 said:
There's the release thingy in the connector !!

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Looks like you squeeze either side

marjon · Sunday at 14:39

kermit_rr said:
Looks like you squeeze either side

Nope top and bottom.

J

roythebus · Sunday at 16:56

You could get arrested for that!!

kermit_rr · Monday at 12:05

Battery flat.. 11.9v this morning again. I don't think the battery is the problem though, just a drain.
I've got the bonnet switch unplugged.. how does it come off? Assume the round 'but' unscrews/clips off?

kermit_rr · Monday at 12:07

Anyone know what this connector is for with the green end or what it plugs into? If it's for an option extra i don't have them would have thought it would have had a cap on the end?

marjon · Monday at 12:08

kermit_rr said:
Battery flat.. 11.9v this morning again. I don't think the battery is the problem though, just a drain.
I've got the bonnet switch unplugged.. how does it come off? Assume the round 'but' unscrews/clips off?

What to get the actual bonnet switch out?

Pull off the rubber trim that runs across the scuttle and you can just see a tab, assmue 1 on the back but you cant see it (phone pic maybe?) Push the tabs and the whole switch comes out the top.

J

kermit_rr · Monday at 12:24

marjon said:
What to get the actual bonnet switch out?

Pull off the rubber trim that runs across the scuttle and you can just see a tab, assmue 1 on the back but you cant see it (phone pic maybe?) Push the tabs and the whole switch comes out the top.

J

Thank you!! I would never have figured that out!!

Switch tested and works just fine. Open loop when closed or pulled fully open.

Need to see if it goes open loop when the bonnet is shut, or if the bonnet catch needs adjusting to pull the bonnet down more

kermit_rr · Monday at 12:51

Tempted to put my spare good battery in but can't tell the car is got a new battery.. maybe i don't need to as it's not 'new'

marjon · Monday at 12:58

kermit_rr said:
Tempted to put my spare good battery in but can't tell the car is got a new battery.. maybe i don't need to as it's not 'new'

It would just not charge it right(I think)but still charge, but it would confirm if the drain was too much for a "good" battery, or it was a weak battery, wouldn't it?

J

kermit_rr · Monday at 13:37

marjon said:
It would just not charge it right(I think)but still charge, but it would confirm if the drain was too much for a "good" battery, or it was a weak battery, wouldn't it?

J

Well it's on. Opened the door closed the door, bonnet switch completely unplugged. Locked the car. Let's see what the drain drops to over lunch!! Currently 1.5a

kermit_rr · Monday at 13:46

Something works because it won't lock with the bonnet open, will do with the bonnet closed.

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