Guess what......the electrical Gremlin is back !!!!!
Driving home yesterday when suddenly electrics start playing up again. Same thing radio went off, instruments stopped working, gearbox fault etc.
I was only 100 yards from home so, I parked up, turned the engine off and tried to restart it, no go, starter just clicked. Checked battery with volt meter, reading 8.9 volts.
Had to go out so used other car. Returned an hour later and the battery was reading 12.2 volts and the Rangie started. All back to normal.
As stated before, I have checked all cables, Alternator, and fitted a new fuse box.
Now, my logic tells me that a bad connection somewhere would not make the battery drop to 8.9 volts (if there was was a dead short there would have been smoke I'm sure) and then recover back to 12.2 volts later on.
This points me to a defective battery but, I personally have never known a battery behave like this. I would like to confirm the battery is duff if possible before shelling out more cash on a new battery.
Is there anything on the car that could drag the battery down like that without causing a fire ?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.