check the little wire on the alternator.
I had been told to insert a diode into the alternator wire which feeds the warning light as sometimes there can be a small amount of feedback down this wire, which can keep the main relay open i.e. the engine doesn't turn off when you turn the ignition off. I did this and it still wouldn't turn off. The wiring wasn't great so I rewired this bit and removed the diode. It does still run on sometimes so I installed a switch into the relay feed (85 not 30
).
Didn't the ammeter warn about the battery that was only discharging for some time?
There was no warning at all. I had put some petrol in and it started perfectly after that, then two miles later it just stopped.
No ignition lights, no radio, no sidelights, nothing. I pushed it off the busy roundabout
and after a few minutes the ignition lights came on and the radio would work. I had the equivalent electrical power of an AA battery. Thinking it was something I had done, I had it dropped off at a local megasquirt expert. He charged the battery, and got nothing. The battery had actually failed, almost totally, instantly.
New battery on, and now Sparky is back to his old self.
But I bet your fuel economy is steller on the back of a truck!
Graeme
MPG was indeed superb, 8 miles with no fuel at all, so very pleased with that. Only cost me £50