RichardSEL
Active Member
Have'nt been using the Range Rover much what with the battery drain issue leading to entry problems and the neighbours twitching their a lace every time the alarm goes off. So, took the problem in hand during a bright warm winter's day and remooved the fuse to the headlight wipers, disconnected the lower tailgate light assembly, and took out the 433MHz key fob RF receiver (that dripped out water when I removed it)
Dried it overnight, cleaned its sockets, replaced ,and the difference was immediate: using the key fob method was able to retrain the main key fob straight away. Also made sure heater motor was set to zero everytime I locked up.
By this time I'd bought one of them charge from your USB port 1,000A crank Nova batteries from Amazon (£100 +£7.50 for overnight delivery -- don't forget to cancel that service otherwise your credit card'll get stung every month for £7.50) A really useful piece of kit saving you all the faff of tucking a spare battery and a charger under the bed just in case. And lugging it out with cardiac when needed
Found LPG system had a 5A instead of a 15A fuse in it, so loaded up with LPG (61L) and as we were in our previous meek Level 3 Covid regime off I went to Glasgee (Jimmy) And then to the east coast: Peterhead and Stonehaven and... well I'm not giving anymore secrets away but if you've not been that way before do go. The views and countryside are stunning. And even being English didn't stop the welcomes I got.
Three tanks of LPG and two tanks of 95RON later -- arrived back -- driving an armchair makes that distance a doddle.Especially since ther lockdown meant so much less traffic about. Hardly any Polis about either I can only remember seeing three or four motorway patrols -- and they weren't interested in me "dawdling" in the outside lane.
Since being back It's been 10 days since switch off and lock up (two key fob lock pushes to switch off tilt sensor and atmospheric checker that's part of the anti-theft and also a quoted source of additional current drain.
Vicki says they're good -- I'd say when the L322's good it's very very good...
Happy new year to all... do observe the lockdown restrictions just like I did
(Scotland hadn't started their Level 4+ then... honest!)
Dried it overnight, cleaned its sockets, replaced ,and the difference was immediate: using the key fob method was able to retrain the main key fob straight away. Also made sure heater motor was set to zero everytime I locked up.
By this time I'd bought one of them charge from your USB port 1,000A crank Nova batteries from Amazon (£100 +£7.50 for overnight delivery -- don't forget to cancel that service otherwise your credit card'll get stung every month for £7.50) A really useful piece of kit saving you all the faff of tucking a spare battery and a charger under the bed just in case. And lugging it out with cardiac when needed
Found LPG system had a 5A instead of a 15A fuse in it, so loaded up with LPG (61L) and as we were in our previous meek Level 3 Covid regime off I went to Glasgee (Jimmy) And then to the east coast: Peterhead and Stonehaven and... well I'm not giving anymore secrets away but if you've not been that way before do go. The views and countryside are stunning. And even being English didn't stop the welcomes I got.
Three tanks of LPG and two tanks of 95RON later -- arrived back -- driving an armchair makes that distance a doddle.Especially since ther lockdown meant so much less traffic about. Hardly any Polis about either I can only remember seeing three or four motorway patrols -- and they weren't interested in me "dawdling" in the outside lane.
Since being back It's been 10 days since switch off and lock up (two key fob lock pushes to switch off tilt sensor and atmospheric checker that's part of the anti-theft and also a quoted source of additional current drain.
Vicki says they're good -- I'd say when the L322's good it's very very good...
Happy new year to all... do observe the lockdown restrictions just like I did
(Scotland hadn't started their Level 4+ then... honest!)