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help me!!!!

Postby petertohen » Tue Sep 05, 2017 2:01 pm

My GTA is not immaculate or even shiny, but works well, so gets used quite frequently in the dark, the rain, and...

The other night I was out in the dark and the rain, so with everything switched on, which has never been a problem before. I had to go to my son's parent's evening, and he quite likes being collected in the GTA as opposed to the diesel people carriers that arrive for his friends...

However, this time I had a noticeable "hot electrics" smell, although everything still worked, until I went to high-beam; at this point, I lost the lights altogether, along with the dash display. A couple of hasty flicks of the dip-switch got me back to dipped lights and dash illumination. I got home with no further incident, and nothing obviously wrong.

Although I do have lots of manuals etc., I don't seem to have a wiring diagram, and am not brilliant at electrics anyway. Any hints as to where to start looking for the problem..?
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Re: help me!!!!

Postby stephendell » Tue Sep 05, 2017 2:17 pm

I had something very similar happen to me and it was as a result of the regulator failure and the alternator overcharging.

Check the battery voltage when the engine is running.
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Re: help me!!!!

Postby Dave Williams » Tue Sep 05, 2017 3:42 pm

Stephen..not sure the OP is legit...despite sounding like a convincing GTA woe...
+Don't click on the URL posted.. looks dodgy to me.. phishing

Plus this exact question was asked in 2011...

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4887#p49495

Phishers are upping their game..to sound credible..
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Re: help me!!!!

Postby BIG_MVS » Tue Sep 05, 2017 4:00 pm

Link removed. Cunning as a fox these spammers.

Steve - Maybe you need to proxy a newbies first few posts before allowing them on the forum? Having said that you will get all the barn find Alpines that way! :hang Have you deleted that other JoeClark chancer yet as well?
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Re: help me!!!!

Postby simontaylor » Tue Sep 05, 2017 4:18 pm

I was about to start a rant for first time poster with such a direct "help me !!!!" subject, but then I noticed the polite number of "please"'s mentioned.

I suspect a failing relay or control module. Need to get a multimeter onto it and call an auto electrician.
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Re: help me!!!!

Postby Dave Williams » Tue Sep 05, 2017 6:56 pm

Simon..this joker copied a real post from 2011 (word for word) and reposted it in 2017...but with a link to a dodgy website.
First time I've seen a phisher go to that trouble on this forum.

..and you had replied to the original post in 2011 when someone called Luke (NLB) asked the question....so it probably sounded familiar...(as it did to me)
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Re: help me!!!!

Postby stephendell » Tue Sep 05, 2017 8:38 pm

Spammers have definitely upped their game
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Re: help me!!!!

Postby phildini » Tue Sep 05, 2017 8:50 pm

unbelievable :down
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Re: help me!!!!

Postby BIG_MVS » Wed Sep 06, 2017 10:06 pm

Worked out how to ban these feckers now so Peter and Joe should not be visiting us again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qd0zrT9Pro
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