Recent content by Steve Wright

Does seem a bit of a strange one but running the car up and down the lane won't charge a battery (unless your lane is 100 miles long) but I would say it needs a good 30-40 mins of driving to to get any thing near a charge. But what I would do is as you have said put it on charge with the smart...

Hi Darren, I cannot help ign feed in the rear, but what I have used in the past, is a voltage sensing relay, so the idea is when the car is stud (and no engine running)the relay is switched off but when you start the car and the voltage rises above a certain level it turns it on.

Are you sure its paint ? it looks like grease ! but if it is paint just wipe it off and pump with grease gun, then clean off and reapply paint if you need to. I guess the paint is just to stop dirt getting in

It is a very easy thing to sort out, but first you need to determine if that is the problem. So remove the three screws from the socket and slightly pull the socket towards you and check if you have power on pin 2 when the fogs are on, if you have then then the socket is poss the problem, so if...

It can be by-passed but it would mean that if towing a caravan and you had the fogs on you would just have a red glare in the rear view mirror

On some trailer sockets they fitted a switch for the fog lights, so when the plug was in, it cut off the fog lights on the car and over time this switch sticks or the contacts corrode, so you loose your fogs on the car. I had this on my 100 series so I removed the socket and fitted one without...

Has yours got a towbar ?

Have the group admins emigrated ? I sent a private message the other day and no one has answered me, so why !

How are you using your meter ? AC or DC

Hi and welcome You have not said but have you got a DMM ? if not I would get one as that will help enormously, but first thing have you got a towbar on the car ? if so check out the bar wiring. I would start to research the location of the fuses that protect the Alarm and reversing lights, and...

Two things never just try another say clutch switch as that might be faulty ! You need to check if the switch is ok ! also on the same thoughts check out the brake switch and it uses that to knock it off, so if the switch is faulty that might be why its not coming on Is your brake light on...

I use two Yuasa 100Ah batteries on mine

Just look at the data plate under the bonnet and see what the gross weight is and then weigh the car on a public weigh bridge, then if (for example) if the gross is 2500Kgs and it weigh's 200kgs then you can put 500 kgs but don't forget people are part of the calculation

I think I see what you are after but would have though the plug you want is part of the main loom, so to get one from a dealer it would be would be impossible other than get the main loom. The other way of doing it find a car that is being scrapped and find the plug you want, cut it off...

I get that you may want to keep the original socket but what I would do is just buy a male and female plug/ socket and then snip the original wires and fit to the new connectors, job done 5 x 2 Pin Way Electrical Connector Wire, Plug Socket Kit with Wire For Car 313037512522 | eBay - [Leaving...