Disco 1 Disco 200tdi Fuse Box Query

Hi,

I have a disco 200tdi which has the same fuse box in the passenger compartment (beneath the steering wheel) as in this photo:

https://www.landyzone.co.uk/attachments/no-012-jpg.32271/

Yesterday my stereo, interior light and clock stopped working so I figured it might be the fuse. I checked the Haynes manual and lo-and-behold they all use the same fuse on satellite fusebox 2 (fuse 6). I cannot see a satellite fusebox in my disco and as you see in the photo I have a rank and file fuse naming (e.g. B5). I checked every fuse and they look okay.

Does anyone have a fusebox diagram for my fusebox?

Many thanks.

Try looking by replacing with a known good one or check with a multimeter, sometimes you can't see the defect and for the price it's not worth ignoring.

Dragonwalker said:

Try looking by replacing with a known good one or check with a multimeter, sometimes you can't see the defect and for the price it's not worth ignoring.

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Thanks Dragonwalker. I have already tied swapping all the 20amp fuses in the fuse box for new ones. Do you have a diagram of what the fuses in the fusebox do so that I can identify which one is for the stereo?

Having looked at my copy of RAVE for the Disco 1, the fusebox you've shown in your picture looks like it could be an aftermarket replacement.
There are two fuse boxes on the Disco 1, one in the engine compartment and the other (including the "satellite fube boards) under the steering wheel.
As to the layout of your fuse box, I'm sorry but I can't help.



The only other thing I can advise is just as @Dragonwalker has already said, get a multimeter out.

brian47 said:

Having looked at my copy of RAVE for the Disco 1, the fusebox you've shown in your picture looks like it could be an aftermarket replacement.

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Thank you Brian, I was beginning to suspect it was an unusual fuse box.

brian47 said:

The only other thing I can advise is just as @Dragonwalker has already said, get a multimeter out.

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I am not sure how a multimeter would help me find the correct fuse. Please could you explain how I would go about that.

Many thanks.

zinnemann said:

I am not sure how a multimeter would help me find the correct fuse. Please could you explain how I would go about that.

Many thanks.

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Set your meter to a low Ohms range and pull each fuse one at a time and use the meter to check continuity. Blade fuses can "blow" without showing a physical sign.

brian47 said:

Having looked at my copy of RAVE for the Disco 1, the fusebox you've shown in your picture looks like it could be an aftermarket replacement.
There are two fuse boxes on the Disco 1, one in the engine compartment and the other (including the "satellite fube boards) under the steering wheel.
As to the layout of your fuse box, I'm sorry but I can't help

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Two fuse boxes? Not with the 200 series D1.

Ahh, yes. I can see my mistake, I obviously mis-read this non-existant page out of the Discovery 1 Owner's Handbook in the Disco 1 RAVE which is showing the imaginary position of the fuse box which doesn't exist.

Did it change between the 200tdi and the 300tdi?

I think the Rave file I have is an update for the 300tdi, so IF it has changed it would not show it.

Cheers

neilly said:

Did it change between the 200tdi and the 300tdi?

I think the Rave file I have is an update for the 300tdi, so IF it has changed it would not show it.

Cheers

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The 300 series has a compleatly different wiring system, so posting copies of Rave for them in a 200 series thread isn't going to be helpful to the OP.
But then it must difficult for some, whom without the practical knowledge of the vehicle and Rave being their only form of reference will still post what they find even though it's incorrect...

brian47 said:

.... the Discovery 1 Owner's Handbook in the Disco 1 RAVE....

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that covers only modells from 95 on... early 200tdi diagrams are very hard to find and AFAIK discool is right, they have a bunch of in-line fusible links embeded in the main harness and only one fusebox, it's possible that one of those fusible links to be blown... in the case shown by the OP seems like a bodge was made with a retrofitted fusebox so the troubleshooting is a job for a skilled electrician who has to follow the feed path of the affected systems back to the origin

eventually follow the positive battery lead cos there is a bulged section beneath the fusebox and there are those FLs maybe you can visually identify some trouble,

this link http://www.jpurnell.com/RR/repairs/fusible link repair.htm might be relevant for this issue ... you can't find such thing in RAVE do you?

might be of use....

At least it was a worthwhile discussion.
I hope it was of use to some members.

The OP (not sure what it stands for but it seems to be referring to me) has now successfully troubleshot the problem.

I did it by creating a kind of fuse-box Sudoku and analyzing every fuse and mapping them onto a diagram. I now have a list of over half the fuses and their application. The offending fuse was actually a 5amp one when Haynes says it should have been 20amp so it makes sense that it blew when I got and incoming call to my hands-free stereo.

Thanks for all your suggestions, very much appreciated.

OP = Original Post or Poster....

Good to hear you got it sorted.

Cheers