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Sounds like something is shorting the ecu and it’s fitted with a surge protector. (it’s a guess)
Try removing all the fuses and replacing 1 at a time until it happens again.
Also check battery voltage before you do the above.
For the benafit of others and maybe people can add to this I know:
To look ant the door bonnet and boot gaps and see if they line up properly with even gaps on both sides. If not its a good indication that the chassis may be twisted.
Look for dents in the roof. An untrue car could cause the roof to buckle
When you drive down the road if you can see more of the car in one mirror than the other while still looking straight back the car is Lozenged.
Without stripping it down that’s the extent of my knowledge on this.
Any other tell tail tips?
For the benafit of others and maybe people can add to this I know:
To look ant the door bonnet and boot gaps and see if they line up properly with even gaps on both sides. If not its a good indication that the chassis may be twisted.
Look for dents in the roof. An untrue car could cause the roof to buckle
When you drive down the road if you can see more of the car in one mirror than the other while still looking straight back the car is Lozenged.
Without stripping it down that’s the extent of my knowledge on this.
Any other tell tail tips?
Stiv,
In your opinion what’s the best way of checking the trueness of the chassis?
I’ve heard of drop testing with plumb bobs but it involves stripping down the whole care, there must be a better way.
Ed
Stiv,
In your opinion what’s the best way of checking the trueness of the chassis?
I’ve heard of drop testing with plumb bobs but it involves stripping down the whole care, there must be a better way.
Ed
Its a project at the end of the day and depends on the price how much time he has etc etc…
I wouldn’t buy it either but I might if it was all I had to do and I had the money to throw at it.
Its a project at the end of the day and depends on the price how much time he has etc etc…
I wouldn’t buy it either but I might if it was all I had to do and I had the money to throw at it.
Not really a since you worked on my car funny all the same!
So I went to the breakdown of a landrover that was off road at the time.
I arrived in my 4×4 and discovered the landrover parked forwards just inside a wood.
After a quick inspection soon established that it was the starter motor.
So I said to the customer were going to try bump starting it but as its parked forwards in the wood were going to bump start it in reverse and use my 4×4 to tow it.
I said “have you ever bump started a vehicle before?”
Customer “to be honest I haven’t got a clue wat your talking about”
Me “ok, well in that case I’m going to drive your landrover and you drive my 4×4” …. “all you need to do is drive forwards towards that track, while towing me backwards and when I sound the horn the engine has started”
Customer “no problem”
So I got into the landrover, ignition on, clutch down, into reverse, handbrake off…. Waiting for him to pull me…. He did …. Clutch comes up and engine starts straight away.
Great I thought, so I sount the horn…. He doesn’t stop, he starts to drive down the track while pulling me backwards, I’m now leaning on the horn and he’s getting faster.
I break and he keeps pulling me dragging me around like an old tyre on a rope!
He keeps going and eventually gets upto third gear and 35mph down a dirt track while pulling me backwards on a 10m bt of rope. This continues for 2 miles when he gets to the end of the track.
I managed to not crash his landrover, kill myself or crash into the back of my 4×4 and I kept the engine running.
Success! :-/
Not really a since you worked on my car funny all the same!
So I went to the breakdown of a landrover that was off road at the time.
I arrived in my 4×4 and discovered the landrover parked forwards just inside a wood.
After a quick inspection soon established that it was the starter motor.
So I said to the customer were going to try bump starting it but as its parked forwards in the wood were going to bump start it in reverse and use my 4×4 to tow it.
I said “have you ever bump started a vehicle before?”
Customer “to be honest I haven’t got a clue wat your talking about”
Me “ok, well in that case I’m going to drive your landrover and you drive my 4×4” …. “all you need to do is drive forwards towards that track, while towing me backwards and when I sound the horn the engine has started”
Customer “no problem”
So I got into the landrover, ignition on, clutch down, into reverse, handbrake off…. Waiting for him to pull me…. He did …. Clutch comes up and engine starts straight away.
Great I thought, so I sount the horn…. He doesn’t stop, he starts to drive down the track while pulling me backwards, I’m now leaning on the horn and he’s getting faster.
I break and he keeps pulling me dragging me around like an old tyre on a rope!
He keeps going and eventually gets upto third gear and 35mph down a dirt track while pulling me backwards on a 10m bt of rope. This continues for 2 miles when he gets to the end of the track.
I managed to not crash his landrover, kill myself or crash into the back of my 4×4 and I kept the engine running.
Success! :-/
Good question,
I’m no expert on this but my main concerns would be whether the chassis is twisted or lozenged and whether the door and boot pillars are bent.
Also have the wheel alignment checked paying particular attention to camber angle and vertical alignment.
As far as the engine starting, if it’s started and runs id say that’s a pretty good test in its self.
Like I said I’m no expert will be interesting to hear from somebody who is!
Good question,
I’m no expert on this but my main concerns would be whether the chassis is twisted or lozenged and whether the door and boot pillars are bent.
Also have the wheel alignment checked paying particular attention to camber angle and vertical alignment.
As far as the engine starting, if it’s started and runs id say that’s a pretty good test in its self.
Like I said I’m no expert will be interesting to hear from somebody who is!