tottot

Well-Known Member

• Nov 13, 2012

• #1

Driving my 90 today when a fast annoying ticking was heard, turns out its the indicator relay running continuous. No lamps flashing unless indicator switch put on when all is normal. Its the same noise a relay makes when a bulb is out. Any ideas? going to drive me nuts.

 

The Mad Hat Man

Well-Known Member

LZIR Despatch Agent

• Nov 13, 2012

• #2

faulty relay?

 

mark-d

Well-Known Member

• Nov 13, 2012

• #3

I had a brand new relay do this, I put the old one back and all was ok

 

cowasaki

Well-Known Member

• Aug 1, 2013

• #4

Holey thread revival.... This is happening to me and I've just spent an hour trying to work out why...... Will try sticking the old relay back in - only reason I removed it was because the pin to the dash warning light was not giving a signal so indicators worked but the dash light didn't....

 

tottot

Well-Known Member

• Aug 1, 2013

• #5

Mine stopped doing it the next day and it's not done it again !!!!!!

 

puffin1

Active Member

• Aug 1, 2013

• #6

Hi just fixed this prob it was a faulty Hazard warning switch , check the back wires on it .

 

cowasaki

Well-Known Member

• Aug 1, 2013

• #7

Stuck the old flasher one back in and it is now working again! Faulty flasher unit here

 

cowasaki

Well-Known Member

• Aug 1, 2013

• #8

It must have had something to do with the very poorly fitted immobiliser that was hiding behind the dashboard! It was attached to all over the place including the ground of the fuel gauge causing it to float about.... Removed it all and the gauge appears to be working now and whats more the whole dash is brighter. Must have been the cause of the indicator warning light not working and maybe the Lucas part was less susceptible to the issue. Anyway the faulty flasher relay can go back tomorrow

 

AlbertDefender90

Active Member

• Aug 2, 2013

• #9

I had this issue intermittently and it turned out to be water getting to the relays and shorting them out

 

Allyipod

Active Member

• Aug 2, 2013

• #10

Problem seems to be down to the new relays being solid state as a posed to analog.

 

cowasaki

Well-Known Member

• Aug 2, 2013

• #11

Allyipod said:

Problem seems to be down to the new relays being solid state as a posed to analog.

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The relay I took out of the 1994 defender was a genuine Landrover one and contained a mixture, the circuit board was all SMD components, transistors, resistors, capacitors etc plus 2 ICs a couple of electrolytic caps and the coil. I ended up ripping out a very poorly installed immobiliser which was buggering up the earth for the whole dashboard and once that was done the old one went back in and was working fine. The new one still ticked so I took it back whilst I was out and about this morning. The new one was a Lucas, strange fault that but now the immobiliser has gone the fuel gauge works properly too bonus!