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Post by whitevanwoman on Nov 23, 2012 13:26:15 GMT
Need some advice re elecs, please could you tear yourself away from your new forum and have a quick look at my FB page Thanky muchly
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Post by Firefox on Nov 27, 2012 5:57:48 GMT
I did answer this by way on FB, I haven't ignored WVW.
What we reckoned for anyone wandering was that the leisure battery was very flat and the high charging blew the fuse. But at the same time the wiring in the charging circuit would be checked for shorts.
I'm hoping all is well now?
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Post by whitevanwoman on Nov 27, 2012 11:11:30 GMT
Not yet sorted but only through lack of opportunity - I'll change the fuse, check the wiring, put the leisure battery on charge and then connect it back up to the system and will see what happens. Am engrossed in solving another problem at the moment - during it's first trip out after considerable work for the MOT including new back brakes, and a problem with the wiring to the back lights, the orange coil light came on and stayed on after about 80 miles of motorway driving at about 50 - 60 mph. After 20 mins on hard shoulder, I started it up fine and finished the journey (about another 20 miles) without problems and had no problems on the return journey the following day. Googling seems to throw up various ideas as to the cause including performance valve, failing glow plugs, brake fluid, or failing clutch... :-( I've posted on www.fordtransit.org so will see what people say on there. Am wondering if it's all connected to the elecs and possibly a dodgy earth or short circuit to the main battery. Any ideas / suggestions welcome, especially those which don't involve spending more money! I'm going to be suffering for another month after the MOT bill last week plus tax and insurance due next week.
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Post by Firefox on Nov 27, 2012 11:39:31 GMT
I believe the glow plug light is also used as a warning light for other engine management systems depending on the model (non turbo?) so it may not be glow plug related as you say. I think (not sure about this) your 2002(?) model is new enough to have an engine management system and there is a plug in cable under the dash that you can plug into a fault code reader. This may throw up what was on the blink, it may be a sensor or a valve, but there a lot of things it could be. May be helpful if you have a diagnostic plug to get a mechanic with the right bit of kit to check the codes - hopefully you can get that done gratis. I had a engine cutting out problem last winter. The code was "low pressure in the common rail" which turned out to be poor fuel but could have been many things. Modern engines are tricky things!
Hoping it wont trouble you too much financially and you don't run short over it.
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Post by whitevanwoman on Nov 27, 2012 23:28:59 GMT
Unfortunately it could be low fuel pressure apparently which might result in a new fuel pump (approx £600) and / or new injectors (approx £250 each x 4) :-(
But on the positive side, it's an orange warning light not a red one so I can drive it with caution at the moment unless it happens again and I lose power... and if any red lights come on I've been told to stop immediately :-(
More ££££ :-(
But on the other hand, it might just have been a bit of dirt cos it had been very low on fuel, or it might be another minor elec issue....
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Post by Firefox on Nov 27, 2012 23:41:08 GMT
One of the things I have had the last two winters when it gets very cold is water in the diesel which apparently can happen due to condensing in the tanks at fuel stations when it is cold. This causes "low pressure in the common rail" which causes the light to come on and the whole thing cuts out at speed. I don't think your engine is common rail but it probably has sensors for low fuel pressure linked to the engine management. You may remember my high pressure pump went coming back from lakeside but I did manage to find a mobile guy who fitted it for £450. It would have been well over £650 in a main dealer. But it's still something you don't want going
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2013 22:24:08 GMT
I have this light, it's a SAD light but I don't use it much, and I wondered if I could use it in the van... On the back of the light it says it's 12v so I presume the 3 pin socket on the end of the cable contains a transformer. This is what's on the plug... So could I cut off the plug and wire it directly to my leisure battery in the van? How much would 1.3A draw off the battery? Ie, how long could I have it switched on for, roughly?
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Post by Firefox on Jan 21, 2013 23:37:42 GMT
Yes I think you could wire it straight on your battery, not forgetting an inline 5A fuse if you haven't got a fuseboard/box yet. 1.3A would draw off 1.3Amps Guessing a 80Ah leisure battery partially knackered and inefficiently charged as they usually are from a split charge so say have 50Ah available of which you don't want to use more than 50% so the battery isn't further knackered so 50% of 50Ah = 25Ah 25Ah/1.3A = 19 hours. I guess it would last a weekend allowing for some other usage of the battery. Another option would be a 12V daylight spectrum LED if you want/need daylight spectrum that is www.safield.co.uk/auraglow-7w-led....ml#.UP3QIFL23NQThat one is only 7W so it would take about half the current of your 1.3Ax12v= 15W lamp and hence last twice as long.
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Post by Firefox on Jan 22, 2013 0:33:23 GMT
(By the way, see this symbol (-)-C-(+) .... above 12V DC 1.3A ?
It means the centre pin on your plug is positive, so that is the wire (connecting to that centre terminal) which must go to the +ve on your battery when you cut the transformer off. Hopefully the cable is marked +ve/-ve on the wires but if not a continuity tester (multimeter) needed to make sure you get the right wire)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2013 16:34:01 GMT
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Post by vwT5surfbus on Feb 17, 2013 16:40:29 GMT
you can copy paste it here wvw. again surprised u re linking to and posting content on a site which exercises censoreship like freemotorhominguk is replaced by *********** there - try it and see.
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Post by Firefox on Feb 17, 2013 17:30:34 GMT
Assuming your timber is 2x1" and you want the 2 dimension to be upright, then you will need 2 bits of wood 45 cm long and two shorter ones of length 45 - 1 inch - 1 inch = 45cm minus 2 inches or 40cm
So two bits of 45 cm and two of 40 cm. But to be honest the quickest way is to turn your bowl upside down, put on your two bits of 45 cm and then mark off the length of the other two bits insitu using the wood already laid there.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2013 18:00:52 GMT
you can copy paste it here wvw. again surprised u re linking to and posting content on a site which exercises censoreship like freemotorhominguk is replaced by *********** there - try it and see. I know, I've already tried it, it's the same with various other forums similar to this, shame really but... Several reasons for posting on the big W - 1. It's a bigger membership and faster moving than this one so if you want a quick response, its more likely there (sorry but hopefully as membership of this forum increases it will catch up) 2. I do have some good friends on there who don't post on here and who have been really helpful and I enjoy the banter and chat, and also even though sometimes certain posters wind me up, I do enjoy a likely debate. 3. Phil, the admin and owner, has been kind enough to give me 3 years free full membership when I didn't renew my membership in December - now some might say that because I post alot and debate a lot on there, it wouldn't look good for him to lose my membership. But whatever his reasons, I'm grateful and he didn't have to do that, so I don't mind supporting the forum. I very much don't agree with some of the things that have happened historically on that site, nor with censorship on the grounds of competition but I won't let that force me to choose between the two forums. However, I wouldn't let the 3 years worth of free full membership stop me from speaking out if I felt that I needed to, even at the risk of having the full membership withdrawn. And there are ways of posting a link without it actually being a link so that it's not censored, by putting gaps in between the words, or using the word "dot" which I have done in PMs to people. Good to see you posting btw, haven't see you for a bit, you been away?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2013 18:03:24 GMT
Assuming your timber is 2x1" and you want the 2 dimension to be upright, then you will need 2 bits of wood 45 cm long and two shorter ones of length 45 - 1 inch - 1 inch = 45cm minus 2 inches or 40cm So two bits of 45 cm and two of 40 cm. But to be honest the quickest way is to turn your bowl upside down, put on your two bits of 45 cm and then mark off the length of the other two bits insitu using the wood already laid there. Thank you, have decided to leave it for the moment, but your last paragraph above makes so much more sense than all the calculations. I might have a go tomorrow. Didn't get any photos today, been cleaning, tidying and sorting all day.
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