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[mudski]

Not a collapsed cell in battery?
Maybe put it on chg over night and then have battery joint do a load test.

The battery was on a recond charge for 24hours prior. It brought the battery back from the dead, I didn't load test it though last night, my brain was cooked just finding the issue, I will test it tonight, and try to figure out where to look now.
I did put new Narva push button dash switches in maybe 18 months ago, for the light bar and spotties, I might just unplug the switch to see what happens there I suppose.

[BrazilianY60]

Do not run the engine with the alternator disconnected. I destroyed one once, doing just that.

Shite! Just did that last week flushing the GQ cooling system before finishing fixing/cleaning/re-wrapping my engine bay left side harness... didn't notice anything going crazy or smoky after that but you got me worried...

[mudnut]

Are your spotties after market?

[Bidja]

Could remove battery, chg it overnight and leave it at float (chg) voltage to see how she holds SOC. Still do load test.

[mudski]

Are your spotties after market?

Yes they are mate. I might disconnect the spotties and see what happens...

Could remove battery, chg it overnight and leave it at float (chg) voltage to see how she holds SOC. Still do load test.

Yeah I will be doing that for sure.

[mudski]

Hmm seems my forgetting somethings is biting me in the ass.
Fuse 4 in my fuse block is no longer linked to relay 4 in the relay block. I hadn’t changed the labelling from when I worked on it last. Hence my issues when removing the relay nothing changed. Duh!!!
Anyhow.
I traced the wire back from the fuse box and it’s going to the VRS remote system for the winch.
Pulled the wiring through, got to the remote signal box, turned it upside down and I heard something lose inside the box. Like a stone was rattling around in it. I opened it up and a little eleccy thing dropped out.



I’m
Going to assume for now this is the root of the evil. I’ll order another control box and hope it changes things.
Then onto the next thing. Fix the f*%king wiring. Lol
It’s a mess!


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[jay see]

Sounds like a senior's moment with the #4 stuff

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[mudski]

Sounds like a senior's moment with the #4 stuff

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Definitely is mate.

BTW, those sway bar links we spoke about. Won't work for me, on the Patrol a Part website it says if you have drop boxes they won't work. so no go for me.

[BrazilianY60]

That blue thing that dropped is a resistor.

[mudnut]

Hmm seems my forgetting somethings is biting me in the ass.
Fuse 4 in my fuse block is no longer linked to relay 4 in the relay block. I hadn’t changed the labelling from when I worked on it last. Hence my issues when removing the relay nothing changed. Duh!!!
Anyhow.
I traced the wire back from the fuse box and it’s going to the VRS remote system for the winch.
Pulled the wiring through, got to the remote signal box, turned it upside down and I heard something lose inside the box. Like a stone was rattling around in it. I opened it up and a little eleccy thing dropped out.



I’m
Going to assume for now this is the root of the evil. I’ll order another control box and hope it changes things.
Then onto the next thing. Fix the f*%king wiring. Lol
It’s a mess!


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Good find, Mudski. Electricity is a myth. Everything runs on magic smoke, and it looks like the smoke has escaped from the system.