With the engine idling, just after starting, you should see between 14.2 ant 14.7 volts across the battery terminals, anything less and the battery will never fully charge and as a result it's life will be shortened considerably.
Don't remove it, it's original. Just disconnect it
Funking phomeYes you will need a much stiffer, sterner, starter that doesn't lag.
Sorry mate, couldn't resist.Funking phome
The screens look aftermarket as they are turned on by a toggle switch in the spare switch position. They power on but nothing is displayed just fuzzy white. The PlayStation is in the workshop on a shelf.Don't remove it, it's original. Just disconnect it
A-ha, sorry I thought it was original! Carry on sire!
A big battery transforms the P38So new battery arrived yesterday, gave it a charge overnight and fitted it this morning. Also checked all the cables to and from battery to make sure everything was good.
Let's just say it made a difference straight away, doing the window resets the windows went up and down the best they ever have, the dash lights look brighter and it seemed to start better. I have also removed all the non standard wiring and the headrest screens, yet another bodge job but slightly better bodge than the towbar electrics, no scotch lock connectors
Got two replacement headrests on the way.
Will now need to wait for a few days.
I assumed I had caught something putting my cable in, so worked thought what I had done and no issues. Took the instrument panel out nothing obvious but when it was plugged in hanging in the footwell everything was fine but as soon as I put it back same errors. So took the back off and where the black connector was soldered on you could see cracked solder joints using a magnifying loop. I cleaned and resoldered all the pins and hey presto it seems to have sorted the issue. I guess me poking around in the dash with my dainty mitts must have just been enough to cause it to throw a wobbly. Will hope this is the end of this saga! Until the next one I've just checked my battery that I thought was kaput and it's showing 14.46V. That's made my day, hopefully get a few more years out of it.
That's the charging voltage, you need to measure it on the morning having not been run for a few hours
Thanks again mate, I'll look tomorrow. I leave it on a trickle charge overnight, will that make a difference?
14.46? is that with the engine running? As Kermit said check the voltage again when it's been stood off charge for a few hours.
Yes, that was with the engine idling.
Thats what I'm hoping for. Might solve two problems in one fell swoop.
