broke the motor today

solarman216 · 31-05-2016, 20:32

Well finally sorted it today, just shows how checking things while a little stressed (panicking that motor will not be running for depart tomorrow), not having good light and skipping tests can lead you up the wrong path, in the end it was simply a bad "meter" fuse, I;pulled all the fuses and visually checked them on the Thursday evening and all looked good, tried various other things but gave up, had a quick go on Friday morning even to the point of taking a wire from the + battery terminal and touched each fuse in turn with the ignition on, knowing all the fuses were good

only touched one end of each, had I done both ends of each fuse I would have found it but pressure was on to sort it quickly or change motors but was unsure about that as reg was registered at Enfield, anyway as it turned out that was not a problem, I still do not know how the fuse became bad, I can only assume it suffered stress crack, but why at just the time I connected 12s plug on caravan? the battery feed was not even connected, and the fuse looked perfect but when tested it was open, thank you to Ray for steering me in the right direction re the "meter" fuse as I was convinced it was something deeper, Rick

31-05-2016, 20:32	#14
solarman216 Off road maniac Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Bexhill on Sea Vehicle: Y60 Patrol Me, 3 ltr Mrs Posts: 17,431	Well finally sorted it today, just shows how checking things while a little stressed (panicking that motor will not be running for depart tomorrow), not having good light and skipping tests can lead you up the wrong path, in the end it was simply a bad "meter" fuse, I;pulled all the fuses and visually checked them on the Thursday evening and all looked good, tried various other things but gave up, had a quick go on Friday morning even to the point of taking a wire from the + battery terminal and touched each fuse in turn with the ignition on, knowing all the fuses were good only touched one end of each, had I done both ends of each fuse I would have found it but pressure was on to sort it quickly or change motors but was unsure about that as reg was registered at Enfield, anyway as it turned out that was not a problem, I still do not know how the fuse became bad, I can only assume it suffered stress crack, but why at just the time I connected 12s plug on caravan? the battery feed was not even connected, and the fuse looked perfect but when tested it was open, thank you to Ray for steering me in the right direction re the "meter" fuse as I was convinced it was something deeper, Rick __________________ Ex banger racer now off road maniac Lokka on the front with manual hubs Diff lock on rear 3 inch SS straight through exhaust Manly winch bumper with 13000 lb winch 10 spike ground anchor, with multiple straps and blocks Super strong body cills capped with scaffold pole 20% stronger springs all round aggressive off road tyres on wheels so just swap. Aim to get stuck and be completely self sufficient in extraction, love getting muddy, 2ft deep is good but rare.