Stupid Fuses

[6099]

I've had the car for 5 days and have had countless electrical problems.Fuel PumpDipped BeamTacho not workingBrake lights not workingSlow wiper speedWiper not workingTail lights not workingWeird thing is everything was rectified by jiggling the appropriate fuses (and others by replacing fuses with the proper amp rating!)Am I the only sucker or do you guys have the same problem?Very irritating!

 

[drag86]

Bro, be patient old cars are all like that. Mine also same problem, have to retify them one by one......:106:

 

[maxkpp]

Check the wiring bro!

There could be some frayed wiring somewhere.

And guess what! Wiring is more tedious that checking the mechanicals.

 

[6099]

Nooo! Air con decided to quit on me this morning. Blower only works on no3 and no cool air. Last thursday, all 4 power window lost power. Die man.

 

[climenta]

my fuses also giving me problems, but funnily only my right side lights (front, back, signal). even my reverse lights also kekadangkong, sakit kepala:102:

 

[6099]

Hee hee hee good to know I am not alone.

 

[astroboy]

Hmmnn.... sounds like your car submerged in water before.. Hope I'm wrong..

 

[elwine30]

drag86,

Welcome to the world of E28. Yes, i have wiring problems like yours b4. I change all the fuse. Only think i has yet to change, is the big square fuses.

So, change them all, the bullet type and square ones if you have extra moo. If got more money, change the wiring loom. It should help.

 

[6099]

Those big square ones are relays issn't it?

 

[GeniusBanana]

ya...as for the aircond,check the top of the condenser...if there's no movement of bubbles,that means that ur relay has gone...

 

[drag86]

drag86,

Welcome to the world of E28. Yes, i have wiring problems like yours b4. I change all the fuse. Only think i has yet to change, is the big square fuses.

So, change them all, the bullet type and square ones if you have extra moo. If got more money, change the wiring loom. It should help.

Mine is the bullets type. Seem to be okay from now. Where did you send to repair this??:burnout:

 

[6099]

High beam didn't function last night. As usual removed and re-set the fuse. Why does the fuse lose it's ability to transmit voltage even though it's sitting between the terminal? Why la????

 

[elwine30]

6099, i did myself by changing the fuses. I didn't change the wiring harness.

As for your high beam problem, you are not the only one. It's because the contact of the fuse box and wiring is old already. So, it may look like it has the contact but it's not beneath. So, either take it out and redo the wiring yourself or get a freaking new wiring harness to solve the problem once and for all.

 

[ckhaw]

also check the high beam relay. a multimeter/voltmeter is all you need. My high beam relay failed by not able to turn off, had to unplug whole relay to turn off high beam. These relay had mechanical contacts and thus are bound to fail.

 

[6099]

Hi guys, decided to put my fuse box in minor rehab. Took out all old fuses, retensioned fuse holders so they clamp the fuses tightly, then use dollops of dielectric grease on the contact points. So far no fuse related electrical gremlins in the past 3 days. Touch wood.

thanks ckhaw for tip now I know what to do if headlight jam.

 

[M30]

i used to have this problem with my Land Rover Defender 110. almost like all the problems mentioned. We found oult later that it was the contact on the fuse were all a lil rusty. we sand paper all the fuses and after that it was all good.

 

[6099]

Hey M30 is that an MTB pic under your nick?I do some MTBing too. You got a 110? Cool. I got a 2 door RR Classic under restoration.

 

[M30]

6099....ya it is a pic from one of the Dh race i joined in 2006. Cool...what type of MTBing do u do? Used to have but my dad sold it as we thought we would used the money to build the LR series 2 we bought at an auction but after a few years we scrap the idea as it was a hard to get the things needed for paper work as the car has lost all its record in JPJ while being kept at the college udara or something like that in subang jaya near terminal 1. Miss the 110....really a lovely car.(Wished it was a turbo diesel though)

 

[6099]

Haiya! shame to get rid of a 110. Got ways around the reg card la... Hee hee. I do cross country mtb la. No balls to do downhill. Wife took them away : P

 

[M30]

lol....we thought we might get another fully build up 110 for offroading but dun think we will do alot of it anymore so got the mitsu storm so i can ferry my bike around. i used to do cross country but after a while i was looking for something a lil more risky. have u ridden at bukit kiara in taman tun?? i have stop DH for a while now coz of my bike, i damaged the rear shock from a jump and am currently in Australia.