hawky666
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Yes, it's me again, still trying to fire fight probs with this 90.
Here's another.
Every time i charge the battery up, its dead the following day.
Now i've had the battery tested.. and it's fine. The previous owner has fitted a battery kill switch. Probably as a quick fix to this exact problem.
Lets say that wiring wasn't his strong point and i have sorted most of it now, putting radio and cb t ignition live and getting all the lights and accessories actually working. I thought this would solve the problem somewhere along the line but it hasn't.
My only other guess is that it's something to do with alternator.
When he did the 300tdi conversion he had let the alternator wires sit against the engine and when i changed the engine i undid the alternator wires and on inspection they had all been melted down to the bare wire so i had to re do the wires. Problem is that although one was a spade fitment and thin wire.. self explanatory to fitting back, but the other 2 had the same coloured and thickness wire aswel as same fittings on ends. These might be wrong way round but going by the way the wires were bent etc, i'm pretty sure i got them back on right.
Something tells me it's something else!!!!. This is a big battery and it must be something with a heavy draw to get it emptied so quickly.
Any ideas folks???????
Here's another.
Every time i charge the battery up, its dead the following day.
Now i've had the battery tested.. and it's fine. The previous owner has fitted a battery kill switch. Probably as a quick fix to this exact problem.
Lets say that wiring wasn't his strong point and i have sorted most of it now, putting radio and cb t ignition live and getting all the lights and accessories actually working. I thought this would solve the problem somewhere along the line but it hasn't.
My only other guess is that it's something to do with alternator.
When he did the 300tdi conversion he had let the alternator wires sit against the engine and when i changed the engine i undid the alternator wires and on inspection they had all been melted down to the bare wire so i had to re do the wires. Problem is that although one was a spade fitment and thin wire.. self explanatory to fitting back, but the other 2 had the same coloured and thickness wire aswel as same fittings on ends. These might be wrong way round but going by the way the wires were bent etc, i'm pretty sure i got them back on right.
Something tells me it's something else!!!!. This is a big battery and it must be something with a heavy draw to get it emptied so quickly.
Any ideas folks???????
