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by myloser69
01 Apr 2007, 09:11
Forum: Technical Questions and Answers (archived from live forum)
Topic: Blowing fuses…
Replies: 7
Views: 10600

Take your stereo out and disconnect it. Take your van out fr a spin, if the fuse has not blown then you know that your stereo is fualty. If its still blowing then you know there is a problem with the brake light circuit or whatever else runs off said fuse. 10 amp for a stereo and brake lamps are mor...
by myloser69
10 Mar 2007, 18:01
Forum: Technical Questions and Answers (archived from live forum)
Topic: lesuire battery no charge
Replies: 9
Views: 1545

Can you post some more pics ?
by myloser69
09 Mar 2007, 22:10
Forum: Technical Questions and Answers (archived from live forum)
Topic: lesuire battery no charge
Replies: 9
Views: 1545

Hello You need to check the voltage output from the relay ie the pin you have conected to the leisure battery while the engine is running. This should read 13v ish. Check that there is 12v going into the relay and also check there is 12v going into the relay when the engine is running also check the...
by myloser69
22 Feb 2007, 22:29
Forum: Technical Questions and Answers (archived from live forum)
Topic: Electrics enquiry
Replies: 7
Views: 851

You could just buy a small £50 genorater and plug it into 240 point if you didnt want to mess about with wiring in a leisure battery or do both
by myloser69
24 Jan 2007, 18:45
Forum: Technical Questions and Answers (archived from live forum)
Topic: Thermostat housing strangeness!!!!
Replies: 10
Views: 1467

Can you jam the nut with a flat blade screwdriver or something similar to stop it from spinning ?
by myloser69
08 Jan 2007, 17:31
Forum: Technical Questions and Answers (archived from live forum)
Topic: Carburettor Questions
Replies: 18
Views: 2149

I had exactly the same problem two weeks ago and posted a thread on here and got it sorted. With mine eventually I found the carb had loads of muck in it. I took the carb off and split it into its two halves and cleaned it out with carb cleaner. When I re fitted I forgot to connect the terminal on t...
by myloser69
04 Jan 2007, 19:40
Forum: Technical Questions and Answers (archived from live forum)
Topic: starting problems
Replies: 6
Views: 828

You say that when you short the terminals out on the starter it turns over everytime this would suggest that the starter is ok. You should check all the conections on the starter are clean ( no green deposits ) and a good fit. Re check the earths, just because they are new it doesnt mean that they a...
by myloser69
30 Dec 2006, 20:55
Forum: Technical Questions and Answers (archived from live forum)
Topic: 1.9 Wont tick over and runs poorley
Replies: 13
Views: 1655

Oh Yes cheers billy :wink:
by myloser69
27 Dec 2006, 18:47
Forum: Technical Questions and Answers (archived from live forum)
Topic: 1.9 Wont tick over and runs poorley
Replies: 13
Views: 1655

All sorted !!! took carb off and split it . Found loads of muck/ dirt inside float chamber. Cleand it out with carb cleaner refit and now runs like a dream. New exhaust on order Happy days :wink:
by myloser69
23 Dec 2006, 17:20
Forum: Technical Questions and Answers (archived from live forum)
Topic: 1.9 Wont tick over and runs poorley
Replies: 13
Views: 1655

Right here we go...She started up from cold and run spot on up until the choke went off at operating temp. Found a vac pipe from dizzy to carb to be very perrished so replaced it but still no better. However while look underneath for the correct fuel filter I found that where the tail piece bolts on...
by myloser69
22 Dec 2006, 19:51
Forum: Technical Questions and Answers (archived from live forum)
Topic: 1.9 Wont tick over and runs poorley
Replies: 13
Views: 1655

Well, Bought a new dizzy this morning shop didnt have rotar or leads !!!!!!! I put the dizzy on cleaned up the rotar best as I could and she started straight away ticked over spot on UNTIL it became warm the it died. Backto the same fault wont tick over and runs like a bag of spanners. So Ive left i...
by myloser69
21 Dec 2006, 19:21
Forum: Technical Questions and Answers (archived from live forum)
Topic: 1.9 Wont tick over and runs poorley
Replies: 13
Views: 1655

Ill have a look at that in the morning it got too dark tonight to see what I was doing
Thanks
by myloser69
21 Dec 2006, 18:38
Forum: Technical Questions and Answers (archived from live forum)
Topic: 1.9 Wont tick over and runs poorley
Replies: 13
Views: 1655

1.9 Wont tick over and runs poorley

My 1.9 has been running like new since I bought it a couple of months ago. However, I was working away for three weeks and had not run it at all in that time. When I came to start it the battery wasnearly flat so I tried jumping it off my car but it wouldnt start. There is a fuel filter in the engin...