Recent content by nige999

Thanks, I'll get on to it as the claims manager at my brokers reckon the AA mechanic was negligent and she is going to put my claim through my insurance.

Tried the website but nothing happens when I click the Contact option.

Thanks for that info., very much appreciated. I will let him enjoy the long weekend in peace and contact him Tuesday.

Quite right. I was advised by the claims manager at my insurance broker that I have to go through the standard AA claims procedure first. I have done that and they have eventually told me that they are not prepared to pay out. On Tuesday I will ask the claims manager to get stuck in. Fuse...

As I have said already, the independent LR specialist garage I took it to has done a full diagnosis using the correct test equipment and he has made a report to the AA. He has seen this exact same problem before and the cause of the problem, symptoms and test results are exactly the same. This...

When I worked at BAE weapon systems we often had to check out misfire or dud missiles, where they failed to launch. We would get them back and do very thorough tests on them after stripping them down, removing rocket motors and the detonators used to start the solid fuel burning. The tests...

shorting out a car battery with a spanner is known as a "dead short", i.e. no resistance at all. Theoretically voltage should drop to zero but in real life that does not happen unless the battery is drained completely, battery self destructs or the cause of the short is removed or melts...

Current isn't the issue here, of course it will go through the spanner but voltage will drop to nearly zero, neatly explained on the website of the University of Illinois Physics department: In a short-circuit, the voltage across the short doesn't really drop to zero. It does drop well below...

Sorry but the email from the AA has got me stressed out. A short intro though: Live In France and Wales, mature owner of a 2002 Range Rover P38 in Alveston red, work in the IT industry and have previously owned four or more classics, this is the second P38 and also owned a 3.9 Disco, last of...

Maybe the case with older car electrical systems but there is a lot of electronics in these ECUs, it wouldn't have been current that caused the problem - more likely voltage fluctuation. Thats why computers need very stable power supplies.

Thanks for the support, I will do my best - it was a lovely car before this happened.

Not sure what you mean by this ? I have owned four classic rangys, two p38's and a 3.9 ES disco so a genuine lover of LR products

As I said I am not a mechanic or a car expert so I could not be expected to know that, even if it was the case. Really the guy should have owned up on the spot.

Sorry, should have mentioned that the garage I took it to, an independent LR specialist, has seen exactly the same problem before and he told me that due to the nature of the electrics faults in the ECU are not always immediately apparent. Beside that many faults within six days of their...

Hi all I own a 2002 P38, one of the last - 4.6 V8 with LPG conversion, owned for five years. I have done a lot of miles in that time but the car has always been well maintained and looked after. Now that my mileage has gone right down my plan was to get paint work tidied up, maybe retrim the...