Loving all the latest fettling Martin.
The car looks great out in the open air & roadworthy again.
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Loving all the latest fettling Martin.
The car looks great out in the open air & roadworthy again.
Looks good.
Last weekend was RetroRides Gathering at Prescott Hillclimb
Took Nova along & would have been a cracking day but on the way down I scrolled through the Stack dash to check all was ok, & all want OK! :(
Battery voltage wasn't what it should be, I was reading about 12v, then 11.5v then down to about 11.00v
In the queue in I stalled it, pressed button to start & was flat as flat can be! Luckily a couple of guys in a VW pushed be & jumped it back to life, but no way it would start to get me home!
Plenty of offers of jump leads but during a wonder I saw a RAC van & iam a member so might aswell use them.
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RAC man taking a look!
He jumped me from a jumper pack, then plugged me into his van for 30-45minutes to charge battery enough so I could drive home!
Tuesday evening was to try to see what the problem was.
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Battery warning light not working so the charge circuit is being broken causing alternator not to charge
Bulb out & tested on a meter - all ok
Into fuse box, I was going to take my TomTom with me, plugged to fag lighter & couldn't get it to light up so took it out & thought no more about it.
Checked fuse for fag lighter - all ok
Pushed it back in - Battery warning light comes back on!!
Took it apart
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Not sure if you can see but one of the fuse holder legs has come dislodged from holder & when you push fuse in the connector is just pushing into the fuse box instead of onto the fuse.
Clipped it back into its holder - fuse back in
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Start car up
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Very happy boy I was, was thinking new alternator but something so simple could cause so much hassle!
Spoilt my day worrying about getting it home, but never mind always next year!
Glad you got it sorted, the little faults are always the most annoying but the most satisfying when you fix it.
It was nice having a chat to you at RR BTW
ThanksQuote:
Originally Posted by Novasport
Would have been more sociable if I wasn't thinking if I would make it home or not!!
Glad you got it all sorted dude. Pm on way.
Don't have that worry with a Honda ;)lolQuote:
Originally Posted by MARTIN KELSON
Yea yea Lee :)
If you had a problem with the Honda though you wouldn't be fixing that in your garage yourself without a laptop!!
Dude clear some pm space.
Exactly. Modern cars are great to drive daily but when they go wrong a simple fault can immobilise the vehicle and there is no way around it. They are not easy to diagnose or fix for the average DIY mechanic so results in a trip to the dealer at over £100 usually. Sometimes new isnt always best.Quote:
Originally Posted by MARTIN KELSON