Cheers. Will have a look.

OK will look into it but needs to be on dipped beam here....guess I can rig up a buzzer to go off when lights arent on?

That might do the trick.......so that would be like dipped beam or just sidelight sort of thing? Either way...how do I do it? Thanks

Lol! No but he runs the Police who will take a chunk of Leva from me when I forget... I dont quite get it as the last thing I worry about on the local roads is meeting another car in broad daylight with no headlights lit...

Mine has an H on it....the one I took out had an L. Fitted the H and seats worked right off. Cheaper to wire them up I would have thought..

As some of you know my RR now lives in Bulgaria...The law requires headlights on at all times and I forget to turn them on at least once a day.... Is there any way to have the headlights come on when ignition is on regardless of switch position? Cheers

Will be doing that but the car will die in Bulgaria......no more long trips for it now but I expect it to give me a few years of service here...Not a bad old dog in the end:)

Our journey started in southern Spain....near Malaga. We did Spain, France, Italy, Slovenia, Serbia and on to our final destination in Bulgaria. Couldnt get anyone to sort out the LPG in any of the countries we passed through but a tiny garage in a Bulgarian village sorted it out ;-) The car...

Alternator was changed and I also found the small wire from it had lost some insulation. The valley gasket was changed just before the problems arrived so maybe this bit of damages was from the removal of the alt? In any case, its been running fine. In Slovenia this morning and onto Serbia and...

! Lol! Yeah...I guess:)

If you read what I wrote you will see that I do indeed know they can be repaired.......exactly what I said. I also said they would not repair it or order parts for it. What part didnt you understand? For your future reference...most Smarts do have an alternator:rolleyes:

I would have saved a lot more if Id bought a Landcruiser.....;)

No, didnt pay but to be fair it didnt show any faults when he tested it....Big workshop doing only auto electrics so he might have a bit of knowledge. Im hoping it will be good to go tomorrow. Thanks

I paid 100 Ggp for one BTW NOT 700E Hence DHL

Thats bollox! I did it the only way I could. Its ok for you to sit there and say "I was right" but there was no sign of you being right when the car was running and tested. Also they say they cant repair them here.....you and I know thats not the case but life isnt the same here as in the UK and...

The alternator was checked out by an "expert" ..no faults found. Later in the day it stopped charging completely :-( Waiting for one to arrive by DHL...they wanted 700E for one here....and we should be on our way on the Friday ferry... Thanks all.

Driven it for many miles today and it does seem to be a heat related issue....found a guy who does this sort of work and seeing him tomorrow morning. Coming home(to hotel!) tonight it was showing 12.45 but 12.23 with lights on....My next escape ship is Wed at 13.00 so must surely get to the...

OK......The battery isnt below 12.4 overnight. I understand its the charge current Im measuring but if the alternator isnt working surely there would be nothing to measure? May have located a place to test/repair it in the morning...Im happy to put a new alternator on it if it really is the...

Thats exactly what I thought......Datatek says it should be constant yet in another thread agrees that it changes.... It was sitting on 12.4 this morning after being stood overnight. Started first touch and charged at 14.2 then slowly dropped back as the engine ran....it really seems like its...

Ran it all day yesterday with a multi meter connected so I could watch it while driving.. It seems to charge at 14.2/14.5 after start up then settles back to 13.8 and slowly drops as I drive. Was reading about 12.25 V when I switched off last night. Switching headlights on dropped the voltage a...