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Thankfully the roads in the peak district have potholes, and after a trip up there for the weekend, all lights are now working.

Thanks for your assistance!

Not sure how, but after all the jiggling, I managed to get one of the lights working. No idea how, but I can now tell roughly how fast i am going at night.

Thanks for your assistance, will update after i have done some more jiggling.

Al

Thank you, had to unscrew the dashboard to get access in the end, as it's LHD that bit wasn't accessible from underneath.

Tested it and it got 11.3 volts at pin 1.

Suggests the issue is either the lights, or a connection to the lights. That bit looks tricky, can it be fixed?

Thank you, I was doing it wrong, although the only white connector is too far down behind the console to reach, i will need to remove the whole console to do that.

Can do if needed but want to make sure.

Picture of the white connector, is that the correct one?

I don't know that i did this correctly, but...

I wiggled the white connector out a bit, and tested the volts between each of the blades that went into the fuse box. 3 of the pins showed 12v. The top one did not show any volts at all.

Does that answer the question?

Thank you for the help and suggestions. This is my fuseboard, it's a LHD so by the driver door. I have checked the 4 fuses across the top and are all fine, the 4 boxes all fit ok, have wiggled but they don't move much at all, and no change in the lights. Gave it a thump, no joy there either 😄. Might...

Ha, thank you, no problem, I did try that first, no light at all.

Drove the van at night for the first time in a while, and everything worked, except the dashboard illumination lights. They both used to work, now neither do, so hoping the issue isn't hidden under the dash as I would prefer to leave that alone. Could this be a simple fuse issue, in which case does ...

This thread is great timing, my current leisure battery has died and needs replacing, and i so want something with a bit better life, and greater robustness so Lithium seems like a good option. Current setup is a Sargent EC155 that does the split charging, and their website suggests that it might wo...

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I was advised that there is a drain, from the immobiliser, the Sargent EC155 PCU and also the radio.

I replaced the radio, but there will always be a bit from the other two.

The battery i had was only 2 years old, so i think finding a way to maintain charge when idle is the way to go.

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Multi meter, and no movement from the starter motor at all.

To begin with i was working on my own and didn't notice the buzzing until i had help, so is possible that the relay issue was caused by another problem such as a stuck starter motor?

Thank you, I have checked the battery and it's fine, I get it up to about 13.4 volts from a charger, try to start it, and it drops to about 12.3 after turning the ignition. At first I thought it might be a seized starter motor, but the buzzing in the relay suggests it's that (or maybe both?). I have...

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