Hello Roverines,

I have a 96 disco and have owned for 14 years. Never had problems with it other than it never passes emmissions and there are electrical gremlins.

The 100 amp fuse melted and burned the 60 amp fuse too. The battery was completly drained as well. Also, my rear view mirror was removed inproperly causing the radio not to work.

Did the removal of the rear view mirror have something to do with this?
Well I'm stuck in the driveway until then.

TC Johns

 

WOW, 14 years and no problems! You must be doing something right, but as for the D1 world I am no help

 

The 100 amp is in series between the plus battery and the output of the alternator.

The 60 amp fuse link - there are several of them - which one?

See attached wiring diagram from the RAVE.

Shorted starter or solenoid?

One way to troubleshoot is to place a tail light bulb in series with + battery terminal. It will glow bright with high amp load. Unplug things at fuse panel to narrow it down.

 

oh, there are bugs. 3 door regulators failed, probably a dozen o2 sensors, the rear view mirror leaked, 1 speaker still works...theres more, but i still like it.

 

i've never been on a blog site or a forum so i wasn't sure how to reply properly.
thanks so much for the tips. that was really cool of you sending me those links.
i've had my car for a long time and the wiring has been getting worse with age.

 

So did you fix it, and if so, what was the problem?