Thread: 85 County 110 V8 electrics have died?

Rather than a fuse, I would be looking for a faulty earth connection. This may be between the battery and its lead, or between the other end of the lead and the chassis, or either end of the lead from engine to chassis (on the Isuzu this is across the LH front engine mount, not sure where it is in the V8.

Other possibility would be a bad connection where the power is taken for most of the electrics on the main battery connection to the starter solenoid.

Even though the battery terminals appear clean and tight, it is worth checking them.

The stereo light is probably still on because it takes so little current that it functions even through the resistance of the poor connection.

If you have a voltmeter or test light, turn the headlights on and look for voltage across the various connections.

Hope this helps.
John

John - worked like a charm! Superb diagnosis at a distance!

For the record it was the battery terminals - before I started the thread I'd taken them off and thought they looked clean enough, but when you said about them I took them off again, roughed them up with a wire brush and sand-paper, popped them back on and it was all absolutely fine. Amazingly simple. Must have been some film on them that wasn't obvious so scratching the battery and the clamps back to definite bare metal fixed it.


Many thanks!

Simon