Thread: Electrical drain

Originally Posted by DieselLSE

Unlikely. The aircon relays are in the left hand footwell for right hand drive vehicles. Check your manual again.

The manual pages attached here I'm sure your right. I'd trust what people have found over factory manuals any day of the week!





seeya,
Shane L.

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

The manual pages attached here I'm sure your right. I'd trust what people have found over factory manuals any day of the week!





seeya,
Shane L.

Diagram RR2740M is for a left hand drive vehicle.

We seem to have some electrical gurus here ( ).



I'm assuming this is the central locking controller ... and alarms have been snipped out of here. There it two wires snipped ... Should these be re-connected ? (maybe they are to an IR remote that no longer exists). ---Yes I will remove all the crimp on connectors and solder all the wire back together--.



This tubing is all over the place. Is it to do with the cruise contrl

seeya,
Shane L.

>We seem to have some electrical gurus here
Hmmm not me. Just a bunny who's been caught in the Prince of Darkness' spotlight a few times too many!
>I'm assuming this is the central locking controller
Yes, and it also controls the volumetric and perimetric alarm system. I wouldn't worry about the connectors. It looks like someone has correctly identified the wires (they're all black) to bypass whatever problem they were having. Does your alarm system work? Does the central locking work? Do you have the remotes? The answers will give you a clue as what has been bypassed.
If you're asking if AMR2108 could be the cause of your battery going flat, the answer is "possibly".
>This tubing is all over the place. Is it to do with the cruise control
Yes. It attaches to the back of the brake pedal switch and travels to the front left corner of the engine bay and back to the accelerator linkage. You can safely remove it and all the components if you don't want cruise control. Or you could troubleshoot the system if you want it.

Originally Posted by DieselLSE

>We seem to have some electrical gurus here
Hmmm not me. Just a bunny who's been caught in the Prince of Darkness' spotlight a few times too many!
>I'm assuming this is the central locking controller
Yes, and it also controls the volumetric and perimetric alarm system. I wouldn't worry about the connectors. It looks like someone has correctly identified the wires (they're all black) to bypass whatever problem they were having. Does your alarm system work? Does the central locking work? Do you have the remotes? The answers will give you a clue as what has been bypassed.
If you're asking if AMR2108 could be the cause of your battery going flat, the answer is "possibly".
>This tubing is all over the place. Is it to do with the cruise control
Yes. It attaches to the back of the brake pedal switch and travels to the front left corner of the engine bay and back to the accelerator linkage. You can safely remove it and all the components if you don't want cruise control. Or you could troubleshoot the system if you want it.

Perfect, thanks. Yes it may have had an alarm system back in 1992/3 .... It could have had an infra-red remote (no doubt one of those useless things you had to stand on your head and point directly at the receiver to get to work). I'm more than happy to leave this stuff all dissabled. Old alarms are just a headache waiting to leave you stranded somewhere!

I might look at the cruise control oneday. I'm not really a fan of cruise, so I'm not fussed... I'm guessing it's a cruise control vacuum pump mounted above the 2nd battery tray on the front LHS then.

seeya,
Shane L.

Actually, the alarm/central locking/remote control system worked very well and AFAIK was quite reliable. But if it went into lockdown the ecu (AMR2108) had to be replaced or bypassed with an aftermarket unit.
>I'm guessing it's a cruise control vacuum pump mounted above the 2nd battery tray on the front LHS then.
Yep. If you want to fit a second battery, you can remove it, re-position the power steering fluid bottle and cut the end off the air intake funnel. Previous models had wiring in place for a second battery, but yours doesn't. It's not hard to wire up and can be as simple or sophisticated as you like.

Ok, the power wiring for the radio .... It has well... no power in this car. I've checked the fuses under both seats, the fuses beside the steering column, the fuses in the fuse box and the fusable links beside the battery......................... Any other ideas

seeya
Shane L.

Shane, It seems like you are finding and tracking multiple issues at the same time. May I suggest a more methodical approach?
1. The first issue, as I understand it, was a .45amp drain when the car was locked (and perhaps alarmed). Have you managed to find this?
2. You say "no power in this car". Do you mean just the radio or are other systems non-functional with the ignition on?
If the radio is original, check for ignition voltage at fuse E6 located at the back of the front passenger seat base. Move the seat forward for easier access. It's a 10amp fuse. If not original, check to see where the power is taken from.
Do you have a manual? I can copy the relevant pages if you like including a full wiring diagram (which is usually the first thing I go to when tracking down a problem).