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You need a "live in mechanic" lodger 🤔😜

Lunch, and rain, break update: the main and engine harnesses are out. No idea why one would attach the engine harness using a inlet manifold bolt so. Anyway, the engine harness is more difficult than the main one, I did not expect that...

That'll be a quick fix, I'll simply attach different connectors to the old wiring. That'll have to do for now.

Four possibilities: No power, no audio feed, blown amp, or blown speakers. Scrappers always say either "working when removed", or "tested & working". Personally I don't believe either on electrical parts!!

There's 4 drain tubes - one at each corner. The rear pair have joins partway down the C-pillars. Can't remember if the front pair do as well though. Definitely NOT high pressure water. Last time I did mine, I use a lentch of 2.5mm main...

I use a length of the spring wire plastic coated that was used to hang netting from in windows. Its flexi and thin enough to go down the drains easily

+1. I don't know if there are any joins but I wouldn't want to find out the hard way. No harm in a funnel and a jug of water.

Could be destructive.

According to Royal Mail, the manual regulators should arrive early next week. Soon enough. And somehow I am done with electrics once the wire are in! 😁

100% agree.

Damn, forgot one thing. The electric wondows are removed. So I need at least a manual one for the driver side befire I can go to pass TÜV. Ordered one of eBay, we'll see when they are delivered. Hopefully next week!

Well, the "What did you do today ..." thread is not the best place to track all the wiring stiry. So here an update and summary so far: All cables are identified and the routing as well. The rear harness is in, the main harness passes...

At that money??? Err no my mate😜 I appreciate a good sound system but sometimes you can be just as happy with simple and effective 👍

Crossed wires on my part, I thought you were referring to the Blaupunkt.

I'm pretty sure my old RRC cig. lighters (F & R) are also ign. live, not permanent. Something to do with the safety of inquisitive kids if they are left in the car?

The P38 does not like being jump started, you may one day cause serious problems with an ECU.

That's not going to help long term. The battery needs to be tip top of you'll get ghost errors due to low voltage

Trailer socket is next to the tow hook. If you do not have a tow hook, behind the trim in the left side of the boot you will find a connector for the 7S trailer wiring, it has a fused live and and earth. If you are really stuck for a copy of...

All the cables are now identified! Tomorrow the instllation and testing, Sunday reassembly of everything. If it works, TÜV next week!

Springs will not affect the trailer lights. As others have said, it will be an earth problem.

I'm with the green thing (@kermit_rr ) on this one, earth problems.

sounds like an earth problem

its worth that just for useable parts

I'll give Ashcroft a call one of these days, they should know. Seems the compatibility of RRCs and Disco 1s, and between early 2-door RRCs, later RRCs and those post 1985, only goes so far. A pity the workshop manuals do not come with technical...

Only on one side? Might be worth twisting ever so slightly while engine is running and someone is ready to kill it.

I would hope so, but wouldn't be surprised if not.. i mean these things never fail, right?

It's not the current that is the problem, it's the 400 plus volts that can jump out and take you by surprise. I wonder if there really is a mechanical circuit breaker rather than isolation via ECU and semiconductors?

Got mine back on the road, ended up buying sort of by accident of a mate a 11reg merc E350cdi, new for me as iv never had 3l v6 diesel, saloon, or merc or rear wheel drive. Lovely car on motorway, very quiet and RWD was fun on damp corners but...

Usually jumper links to split the battery into smaller & lower voltage sections. There will also be a main contactor to isolate the battery from the BMS when required. Many now have low voltage jumper somewhere to allow emergency services to...