Dead P38

Stuck in North West Wales. 2000 P38 4.0 LPG Conversion. Want to go back to Brum NOW! Worked fine yesterday but today dead. Nothing. No interior light, radio, lights, alarm light display absolutely nothing at all. It's like there isn't a battery attached. Battery says it is fully charged. Earth seems good. Must be a bad connection somewhere, or is there a relay that controls all power to the vehicle? All fuses ok. Don't know how, or which relays to check.

PM me your exact location and a contact telephone number.

Do you have a CB?
do any dash lights light up?

do you have a user handbook?

Do you have RAC or AA cover?

Oh well. he has gorn. Another one post wonder.

In services on the M6 on my phone, not gonna be much help

Have you got this covered Daft?

sort of. Dont think it is going anywhere at the mo

Well of course he's gone , he wanted to get back to Birmingham NOW, not hang around all day

Tbf..he may be standing with his head under the bonet as we write.

I'm guessing he managed to suss out that he has a loose battery terminal.

ratty said:

I'm guessing he managed to suss out that he has a loose battery terminal.

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Good job anorl cause I'm 2 1/2 hrs from home and planning to use lzir to get back again

Sorry, crap internet as well. No lights at all anywhere. No user handbook. No mobile signal. May as well be in Outer Mongolia. Yes RAC membership. Not sure about CB - I assume we are not talking CB radio here.

No it isn't a loose battery terminal. And yes my head has been under the bonnet. Cleaned the earth strap. Loosened fuse box and checked all connections good and not corroded. All battery terminals clean. Battery is 3 months old maintenance free.

Call the RAC out mate, it's what you pay for.

thevicarat12 said:

Sorry, crap internet as well. No lights at all anywhere. No user handbook. No mobile signal. May as well be in Outer Mongolia. Yes RAC membership. Not sure about CB - I assume we are not talking CB radio here.

No it isn't a loose battery terminal. And yes my head has been under the bonnet. Cleaned the earth strap. Loosened fuse box and checked all connections good and not corroded. All battery terminals clean. Battery is 3 months old maintenance free.

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What voltage Is the battery showing?
What voltage is the battery showing when you take the earth pick-up from the engine instead of the battery?

yep RAC it is. Can ya pick BB up on the way...

Pikey said:

yep RAC it is. Can ya pick BB up on the way...NOW!!!!

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blue beasty said:

In services on the M6

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Ya Lost then????

Yeah, it's just the idea of a 5 hour RAC journey.

is there a main fuse on these, Ratty?

No multi meter

The Mad Hat Man said:

is there a main fuse on these, Ratty?

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Not a single one, no.

thevicarat12 said:

No multi meter

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So how did you check the battery was ok?

OK. I surrender. I'm heading back by train and I'll sort it next week. Thanks for your comments guys. If anyone has a good thought as to how to tackle it please leave me a message. It's a nice car but not wroth spending money on it now.

Cheers.