HELP!

[jr6yam]

Driving in to work this morning in my (95) chim
everything went pear shaped.
As i was going along the battery light came on and
all the guages (except the clock?) died!
A quick look at home revealed 13.8Volts at the battery
(engine running) but nothing obvious. However the
fault did seem to coincide with switching the heater
blower on?

John

[T_Pot]

fuse ?

[jr6yam]

possibly, didn't have time for a proper look this morning

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

I had (similar) when:

1) The big lead had snapped and dropped off the starter motor
2) The big fuse went

(Not sure whether you have a big fuse on a 95)

[quattrophenia]

I had a poorly alternator on another of my cars. It provided enough power to run the engine OK but as soon as I switched on lights, wipers etc the instruments would dim. Overhauled the alternator and perfect since. Just a suggestion.
What is your battery voltage with the engine off?

[jr6yam]

About 12.5V with enough juice to spin the
engine quite fast, mind you since yesterday
it's taken longer than usual for the engine to 'catch'

[jhbarford]

Apart from the charging light coming on I had exactly the same problem. My heater blower was pretty much seized up and this caused the main fuse to the dashboard instruments to blow when I switched it on. I fear that you will need to replace both fuse (easy job) and blower motor (not so easy job) to cure this. Re the ignition light - sorry can't help.

[jr6yam]

jhbarford said:

Apart from the charging light coming on I had exactly the same problem. My heater blower was pretty much seized up and this caused the main fuse to the dashboard instruments to blow when I switched it on. I fear that you will need to replace both fuse (easy job) and blower motor (not so easy job) to cure this. Re the ignition light - sorry can't help.

I have a feeling my blower might be knacked, i'll start with
the fuse and work from there.

[jr6yam]

Checked the fuses,as i suspected the 'heater' fuse (15A) had blown.
Put a new fuse in and the guages work again,battery light has
gone out as well. Of course i now have the problem of finding out why the fuse blew.
Turning the 'blower' to any setting results in a brief burst, then nothing?
I take it -being a TVR-removing the blower motor is a job only
a double jointed masochist would contemplate! LOL

BTW Battery voltage @ idle is 14V, so i think the 'big' fuse is ok

John

[T_Pot]

your blower is on its way out and resistance is over loading the cable i would "guess" at

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Have you fixed it?

[domV8]

Lets hope so, after 2 years

[jr6yam]

I changed the fuse; and all's been well since

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

jr6yam said:

I changed the fuse; and all's been well since

Phew