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    Green lanes in the lakes

    You might find the information about the Hierarchy of Trails Routes on the Cumbria CC website Andrew
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    Camping & Caravaning Club

    I am in both too. I use C&CC sites but have the caravan insured by CC Andrew
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    Oil pressure swiches and ballast resistor

    I've spoken at length again to the service guys at Westway Nissan, Oldham. They reckon that there has definitely been no "recall" on the oil pressure switch fix. They did, however, concede that there may be been a Service Bulletin that recommends that this OPS-Adapter (as they call it) is...
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    Oil pressure swiches and ballast resistor

    Thanks for that. I'd guess that it would take a similar time on the ZD30 in the Patrol. I think access to it is the same or similar - there is a removable rubber skirt/liner in the driver's side wheel arch. So - given that it takes about 15 mins to do - and Westway Nissan Oldham have replaced...
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    Oil pressure swiches and ballast resistor

    The "ballast" resistor is shown on the wiring diagram - on the Patrol it's behind the radio. As it failed within 12 months, Nissan are going to replace the oil pressure switch F.O.C. They'll fit this OPS-adapter thingie too at the same time, but want a contribution towards the labour cost. I...
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    Oil pressure swiches and ballast resistor

    That does sound like what the Nissan tech described - but that isn't a "ballast" resistor, is it? Andrew
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    Oil pressure swiches and ballast resistor

    Actually, I'm not completely sure I'm right about it not being any kind of resistor. It definitely is not an electrical resistor - but it could conceivably be a hydraulic one. According to the Nissan tech at Oldham, its a piece of pipe with a small hole in it (I think he meant a restriction)...
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    Oil pressure swiches and ballast resistor

    OK, let's try again. Has anyone with a ZD30 engined T2 or Patrol actually changed the oil pressure switch ballast resistor (part code 24336W) when they had an HP oil pressure switch failure? If you did - why did you do it? I have discussed this at length with the Nissan tech at Oldham and...
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    Oil pressure swiches and ballast resistor

    I managed to "obtain" a copy of Nissan Fast over the weekend. The part code for this resistor is 24336W and from the illustration seems to be behind the radio or SATNAV's DVD. Has no one with a ZD30 ever actually replaced one of these? Andrew
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    Oil pressure swiches and ballast resistor

    Just had a phone call back from the Nissan service desk. One of their chaps rang tech support at Nissan who said they didn't know of any ballast resistor associated with the HP oil pressure switch. Most odd -especially as there is a resistor M156 shown on page EL-4314 in the section about the...
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    Oil pressure swiches and ballast resistor

    I think the bloody thing has just failed again!! Awaiting a phone call back from Nissan, Oldham about replacement. Fortunately, it's less than 12 months since it last failed -- so it should be still under Nissan's parts warranty. So far as I know, the ballast resistor has never been...
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    Electrical advice needed

    Fault finding procedure ......... 1) Find glow plugs 2) Find cable that attaches to glow plugs 3) Follow cable to relay Andrew
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    Electrical advice needed

    Oops, forgot it wasn't on a Terrano
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    Electrical advice needed

    This is what it looks like on a Patrol - maybe yours is similar ......... Andrew
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    Electrical advice needed

    The open-circuit battery voltage is 12.7V fully charged - which is about right for a healhy battery. Andrew
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    Electrical advice needed

    I only said bulb because I thought it was more likely that you'd have one handy. :-) Andrew
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    Electrical advice needed

    There is a way in which you can check the current drain very approximately, even though the multimeter doesn't work on the current scales. 1) Go find yourself a 12v bulb of some kind (say a 21W indicator) 2) Connect the bulb in series with the car battery (i.e. batpost > bulb > lead) 3)...
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    Electrical advice needed

    Progress :-) Andrew
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    Electrical advice needed

    I don't believe in magic. If the battery doesn't go flat off the car - but does go flat on the car then there must be a measurable current drain. I think you need to verify that the meter is working on the DC current scale. Just get any AA (or AAA) size alkaline battery, set the multimeter...
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    Electrical advice needed

    I bet your multimeter has a switch (slider?) that allows you to switch to AC or DC readings. You haven't by any chance got it set to read AC have you? If you have, can you set it to DC and try again. The penny dropped when you said that the reading momentarily shot up to 10amps when you...
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