Dead Battery

[cajadh]

I have a 1990 Land Rover Range Rover. I bought a new battery and overnight the battery will drain down. After one week of recharging the battery it is no longer any good. Can you please give me some tips on how to trouble shoot this type of problem.


Thanks!!!

 

[joey]

Get a good battery, only hook up the positive post. Put a 12v test light between the negative post and the negative cable. Start removing fuses and replacing them until the test light goes out... and you will have found the offending circuit that is using battery power.

 

[cajadh]

Get a good battery, only hook up the positive post. Put a 12v test light between the negative post and the negative cable. Start removing fuses and replacing them until the test light goes out... and you will have found the offending circuit that is using battery power.

Thank you for your information. We would like to share back with what we have found wrong. The power wire from the silnoid to the stud on the fire wall was grounded.

Thanks

 

[joey]

Dang, bet that was a fun one to locate.

 

[cajadh]

timing

We are having problems setting the timing on our 1990 Landrover Rangerover. Could it be that the ignition control module had gone bad? If so, is there a way to check to see if this is the problem>

 

[joey]

Could be a control module, but more than likely it is a distributor issue. They tend to go bad after this many years.... there are lots of aftermarket options for the distributor.