Pulled into a service station on my way home from work to replace one of the headlamp globes that had blown. What a painful exercise! Probably because i also had to mend the park lamp on the same side (right). The wiring down to the bull bar indicator was one sorry job and i ended up blowing the fuse while messing around in there.
Anyway, I eventually had all lamps working (after replacing the indicator fuse) and pulled off, only to find that I had no battery charge anymore! As I was driving the few hundred meters to my house the lights started fading and I had to switch them off to keep the engine running! (The battery has been quite weak (or undercharged!) to be honest. Just that small amount of light testing made it only just possible to start afterwards!)
Having successfully parked i started flicking through the repair manual and it appears that the voltage regulator is located inside the generator?? -- And hence virtually unreplacable on its own...?
I also flicked through the operating manual and I realise that I don't think I've seen the battery warning lamp light up at all before. I'm pretty sure I've only ever seen the "check engine" lamp light up when i turn on the ignition. But then as I was sitting there in the dark turning the ignition on and off I found to my surprise that the battery symbol came on a few times only to disappear again! A bad connection?
Any ideas?? Hints highly appreciated!
Kristian
Anyway, I eventually had all lamps working (after replacing the indicator fuse) and pulled off, only to find that I had no battery charge anymore! As I was driving the few hundred meters to my house the lights started fading and I had to switch them off to keep the engine running! (The battery has been quite weak (or undercharged!) to be honest. Just that small amount of light testing made it only just possible to start afterwards!)
Having successfully parked i started flicking through the repair manual and it appears that the voltage regulator is located inside the generator?? -- And hence virtually unreplacable on its own...?
I also flicked through the operating manual and I realise that I don't think I've seen the battery warning lamp light up at all before. I'm pretty sure I've only ever seen the "check engine" lamp light up when i turn on the ignition. But then as I was sitting there in the dark turning the ignition on and off I found to my surprise that the battery symbol came on a few times only to disappear again! A bad connection?
Any ideas?? Hints highly appreciated!
Kristian
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