I believe that’s tape over that from what I’ve seen, ive only had the defender a week, but when I tried turning it over again the smoke looked as if it was coming from across the bar that holds the battery down
Ok, are those twin live wires that dangle over the left side of that black box connected to anything? Can’t make out from the photo.
No they’re not, I’m not sure what they’re for to be fair I’ve onky owned the 90 for a week
I’ll give it a look when I get in, would I be able to follow the cable from the battery and trace it to the chassis to see if it’s knackered ??
Make sure there’s no exposed connector from the unused wires touching any other metal work and make sure all nuts you can see are fully tight and well connected.
Thankyou for your help I’ll have a good look tomorrow and post how I get on
I’ve checked all the earths that I can see and they all seem fine ??
When I tried to start it this wire started to near enough glow at either end
replace it then ,transmission ,chassis and body need good earth cables between them and to battery
Replace it with a bigger gauge cable ?? Or locate it somewhere else? I don’t understand why that cable is there ?? And I checked the earth to body and that’s good, the earth chassis to trans looks all good just a bit rusty on the chassis end!
Hmmm I’m not sure as like I say I’ve only owned it a week, would there be a solution to resolve this problem ??
earths cant be good if that much power is trying to earth through those little earths on battery clamp
Ok that’s a good point, I’ll remove them all tomorrow give them a clean and try again
Do as James said and replace the battery-chassis earth cable ( the main one ). Get a chunky high-quality one, see how you get on. The battery looks like a good quality Bosch, but don’t rule out that it could be faulty.
