Just got in....

[AlexD333]

Had a great evening from 8pm onwards. Finished work grabbed dinner and went out in the terrano. It's been raining all day and all evening so i thought what better way than to find some country lanes and anything offroad I can get my tyres on. So I found some really dark lanes a few pitch black lanes and a couple of spots of deep water. Also a car that go stuck and baited out i make a wave for him and he followed me through, thankful car driver as the water was higher than car bonnets :lol i then continued on my journey, also found a few big mud ruts (short ones ) just to test out the hi and lol she was slipping around but couldn't get her stuck :lol

I the. Found a really narrow lane reading "private property keep to path" :nenau :augie so i followed naturally, after about a mile and a half of really slow and bouncy lane i found myself deep in the woods. Got my s3 out and snapped a gps shot of my location. All in all a great 3 hours in mud water and woods :clap

Oh and i also got some great lean on the truck up some steep banks, 2 wheels on 2 wheels off. Bit nerve racking though :naughty

 

[terrano bob]

I take it your battery is ok then

 

[AlexD333]

Seems to be, 3 different tests on battery and cant fault it. One test they even measured the acid and cells.

Idle charging at 13.35 volts, 2.5k revs 14 volts

 

[solarman216]

Looks like your alternator output could be low, how long had it been running when you did the test? Rick

 

[AlexD333]

Maybe 3 to 4 mins. Seems to only have starting trouble at my work after it's moved about a few times too :nenau

 

[R1cho]

a screenshot of a map is no good, we want pictures of the actual terrain, you should be hopping out and taking pics of the truck :lol

 

[AlexD333]

Surprisingly clean believe it or not. I did try taking a picture when I was half on half off a bank, but it was too dark.

Ive gotta hit the hay guys, chat to ya all tomorrow :thumb2

 

[solarman216]

Maybe 3 to 4 mins. Seems to only have starting trouble at my work after it's moved about a few times too :nenau

OK 4 mins is not enough, 20 is better then you should be getting closer to 14.8, Rick

 

[AlexD333]

Maybe I can pinch the meter and check when I get home.

The techs are happy the battery is ok, one of em is an electrics wiz. The battery has been tested 3 different ways, I did mention to the workshop foreman about the method you mentioned rick.

I can only presume its the very short start stop

Oh!!! As I found out yesterday, one of the younger techs who was moving my 4x4 didnt know about waiting for the coil light either... That'd do it :doh