I thought you'd never ask! hehe.
So long story short, it was the right hand large blue capacitor in the photos above. The process i went through to deduce that it had to be one of those capacitors was -
try to trace the circuit for the blowing fuse
test each connecting item
if it tests...
Well as it turned out it was none of the above. It was a capacitor! Crafty little ****** had blown, but it was only obvious once it was removed from the board. If anyone else has this issue I'll happily explain what I found.
So unfortunately the fuse didn't fix it. I started delving a bit deeper and have started to map out the circuit within which the fuse sits. And it looks like there is a variable voltage regulator which I'm thinking could be the culprit. It's got a heat sink on it which suggests it is...
A little pit of progress; I managed to locate a couple of fuses on the control boards, one of which was blown. I need to get hold of some of the same rated fuses, then I'll be able to try it again. I have a feeling it will just blow again which I guess will indicate an underlying problem...
Hello everyone,
I've recently got hold of a Kempotig 250 AC/DC and it has been working fine for about 3 weeks of light use. Today when i was doing some low current work on DC (neg) it stopped functioning properly.
To elaborate i was welding away all fine, then I stopped to change...
Right whell whilst i try to forget about the mess on the sides of the mini, i thought id just show you what i was doing before the gas ran out.
The mini came with a big aluminium fuel tank which takes up most of the boot. It had a central filler hole and various other bits that i didn't...
I'll try to take some more photos of the door area to show the state of play this evening. So to gauge replies, so far it's sounding like about 50/50 scrap to repair. To be honest the whole car is full of bodges and I'm going through correcting them, so i feel like I've invested too much to...
Thanks guys,
So two things,
1) What do you think my chances are of getting it back to standard without c!£king it up (I don't think the door jambs are still std)
2) Could I do something non standard, but subtle which wouldn't need any new panels, just shaped sheet metal. I'm a glutton for...