91 Rangie - Electrics dying in the back end.

**Bytemrk** · 27th November 2004, 05:55 PM

Hi guys,

I'm trying to help a mate with the electrics of his 91 Range Rover. He is slowing loosing electrical things on the inside in the rear. 8O

First the rear demister, then the wiper and the interior light switch on the tailgate. he also tells me the rear speakers aren't working and now the rear central locking is playing funny buggers!

Tomorrow I have the task of helping him work out what is cactus. :? :? ... all the relays have power to them and all the exterior rear lights etc are fine... I don't yet have a wiring diagram for it.... but hopefully with a bit of searching tonight I should track one down.

My gut feeling is there is posssibly a plastic connector that has come loose in the loom somewhere. He reckons this started after he changed the fuel pump... so I was thinging of starting near there... Any suggestions here would be VERY appreciated.

Just wondered if any of you that are Rangie experts might be able to point me to possible sources .... before I have to work down the multimeter and trace the wires thing... (which I reckon has the potential to bugger and entire sunday! :? )

Thanks in advance if you can help.

**hiline** · 27th November 2004, 07:21 PM

all i can say is

good luck

my mech took a couple of hrs just to work out why my indicators were blowning fuses
turn out to be the hazard light switch had gone

**Michael2** · 27th November 2004, 09:09 PM

See what happens if you apply a good earth to the back of the car. You might have power everywhere, but if things aren't earthing properly they'll be intermittent or fail.

Find a component that doesn't work,
check to see if there's power
if there is, apply earth to the device
if that works, then all you need to do is clean up your earth connectors or run an extra earth wire to the chassis/body.

I hope it's something so simple. :wink:

**DEFENDERZOOK** · 28th November 2004, 06:46 PM

have a look in behind the drivers side brakelight.
was the tank removed? any chance of any wires getting pinched?

**Michael2** · 28th November 2004, 08:32 PM

Well :?: Sunday is over, did you find the problem :?:
Tell us what it was, that we may become better prognositicators :roll: and perhaps save ourselves a future dilemma :wink: .

**LandyAndy** · 28th November 2004, 08:36 PM

Hi
Does he have a good supply of RATS or MICE where he lives???????????? They love chewing wiring,if there is the scent of there wee wee in the vehicle it may be a big clue.Next to find where they are living and dining on them yummy wires.
Andrew

**hiline** · 28th November 2004, 11:11 PM

ROTTON LITTLE BUGGARS

so thats what the problem was

maybe tell him to buy some ratsak
tape to the car :wink:

Hellspawn · 29th November 2004, 04:25 AM

Talon block hung in the engine bay does wonders.

**Bytemrk** · 29th November 2004, 07:43 AM

Hey Guys,

Sorry for the slow response!

My mates missus took the car out before I got there!. :? ..

So we did what seemed like a good idea.

..... we sat in the sun and had a beer waiting for her...

......then another ( you know one is NEVER enough [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] )

.....and another

... and ... well you know how it goes!.... by the time she got back we had lost interest in the wiring big time :!: ( probably just as well...)

I have passed on all your suggetions and will update you once we get back to it!

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