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  1. On 3/31/2019 at 12:17 AM, bishbosh said:

    I know the 3 amigos is the abs sensors thanks.😊 But I think they are not related to the handbrake warning lamp unless I can be educated otherwise?

    The 3 amigos are related with the red brake(handbrake/low fluid) warning... it shoud be there all the time together with the 3 amigos according to the built in diagnostic protocol but in reality it isnt there only when ''solid'' current faults are logged mainly on sensors, see the attached doc(it's from the D2 workshop manual)

     

     

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  2. On 3/17/2019 at 12:20 PM, sotal said:

    but then the ABS light has come back shortly after and won't go off.

    If the ABS came on alone after 3 amigos went out the fault was one sensor related and the vehicle must exceed 10mph for the warning lamp to go out or if the fault is still present the 3 amigos will be back

  3. BCU = body control unit, a very complex electronic unit behind the glovebox which is responsible for various functions including central locking and indicators ... though the interior fusebox(IDM) is suspect as well cos it's very common to be affected by water or moisture, i doubt it's a relay cos there is one for each side... you should find a known good one on ebay from a non-facelift D2 and rule it out cos it's almost plug and play, all you have to do is to disconnect the battery first then after the swap and battery reconnection turn ignition on II and let it there 5 minutes to syncronise itself with the BCU, if you are unlucky enough to be the BCU the problem becomes more complicated cos it needs complex programming with dedicated tester...  here's one https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-Rover-Discovery-2-TD5-V8-Interior-Fusebox-YQE000250/254150541492?fits=Car+Make%3ALand+Rover|Model%3ADiscovery&epid=652655038&hash=item3b2c8d80b4:g:K1EAAOSwkhxcfXXk

     

     

     

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  4. Did you rule out 100% the fuse(F3) too?...also you need a tester to see the front fogs setting in the BCU cos there are 3 options:

    1. Disabled = The vehicle is not fitted with front fog lamps.
    2. Main = The front fog lamps will operate if the headlamps are on main
    beam.
    3. No main = The front fog lamps will not operate if the headlamps are on main
    beam.

  5. My friend's car is also a 2000 one with plenty of miles but the police considered him to be the cause and unfortunately he hit a newish Audi A8 and paid for it's repairs(fortunately no one was injured)... so those retrofitted headlights costed him about twice the value of his old D2 😞

  6. An example which i've seen here myself was that the insurance company refused to pay to a friend of mine when he had an accident one night and he had retrofitted HIDs(not LEDs) so the company said that it could have been a factor due to the altered light beams... i'm sure that when it comes to payment they would invoke anything 

  7. No, i have nothing against your plan i just dont see the benefit of having both dip and main beams on together . If that's what you want go for it just make sure you'll not annoy others in traffic when it's dark cos AFAIK LEDs have different beam than classic bulbs and an original LED headlamp reflector is different.... btw, are retrofitted LED headlights legal in Scotland? cos in most European countries if the vehicle was not factory fitted with them then it's a problem

  8. I understood what you are doing. believe me i know exacty how the factory fitted facelift headlamps are working and my statement remains the same... the dip beam is not supposed to be on together with the main beam from factory...dip beam + main beam can be on as factory setting only on scandinavian specs with enabled daylight running lamps... here are the official diagrams from RAVE so see that when Y165 is closed for dip beam the circuit is closed throug Y167 to dip beam circuit then when when Y167 is switched to the main beam circuit the dip beram circuit is opened... that's how it was built to work, adding relays is some owner's option but i am not a fan of it cos the lamp assembly can suffer from too much heat... that's why it's possible only on scandinavian specs cos there is colder climate ;)

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  9. 29 minutes ago, Simon_CSK said:

    All of the diagrams I have seen have two relays and two feeds one to each headlamp.

    I think you saw the wrong diagrams cos there is absolutely no factory fitted relay involved in the D2 headlamps operation, the lamps are getting direct feed through the lighting switch, simple as that, relays are present only if they were retrofitted

  10. The feed to the interior fuses comes throug the dim/dip relay, remove the relay and bridge the perpendicular cavities in the socket and if you get feed then it can be the relay or it's trigger circuit... you should have told what year is your Disco cos there are some differencies between early and late modells

  11. 2 hours ago, Simon_CSK said:

    Have an immobiliser issue on my disco. It doesn't appear to want to turn off. I have replaced the receover in the ceiling with one I know works but still no joy.

    What else can it be?

     

    As long as you can't unlock with the fob the only way to remobilise it is to use the EKA code then once remobilised you can use a tester otherwise it won't comunicate with immobilised BCU

  12. I'd start by replacing the cap with a new genuine one to be 100% ruled out, it's impossibe to visually rule out it's pressure valve, this https://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-OEM-BMW-Radiator-Expansion-Water-Tank-Cap-For-3-Series-E30-E36-E46/142197526572?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 is cheaper than genuine LR and it's perfect fit. Also it must be tightened to maximum possible

  13. 33 minutes ago, Disco w said:

    Have checked the wiring diagrams and it seems the (light green and grey connection 34) cable is a connection between the BCU and the ECU for an automatic box( which mine is not ) 

    It's certain that your ECU is something bodged cos that connection to pin 34 LGS wire is not for automatic gearbox but the security code input for all ECUs and it's a method to override the immobiliser used by ''brute" mechanics who are changing an ECU and dont have the  proper diagnostic tool to make it learn the security code, the fact that the label with the part number is missing as well makes that ECU very suspect so IMO get hold of a proper ECU which was not "invaded" cos that's your problem

  14. 1 hour ago, Disco w said:

    I seem to remember reading online a while back that some tuners may over-ride this function in the ECU. While I have no idea if my engine has been chipped do you know if this is possibly the cause.

    I dont see much logic in overriding that input unless there is a auto ECU fitted to the manual vehicle. Might be a short to earth somewhere on the circuit between the Switch and ECU.

     What's the p/n on your ECU, it should be MSB101330 if it's original

  15. I edited a Td5 coolant flow circuit, you have to direct the flow which goes into the heater matrix through the FBH, i hope you figure it out from the scheme, the inlet is at the bottom, outlet at the top

     

     

     

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  16. 2 hours ago, woop said:

    I found that information whilst reading the HRW operation description from the Disco2 Electrical Library-It states the HRW will only operate with the engine running because of the high current draw and that the BCU looks for a signal from the Cluster via the Comms Bus that the engine is running. Ive assembled a matching BCU,FuseBox and Cluster together to test on the bench and so far this is the only thing that Ive been unable to make work. Ive tried using the oil pressure lamp and Alternator charge lamp inputs without any luck to simulate the engine running signal 

    I've read the description of HRW few times and i missed that part but i' checked again and i see where are you coming from, sorry that i contradicted you  even though IMO the description is not 100% accurate if it's corroborated with the circuit diagram cos the signal from the IC spilices into the serial data bus from C0233-16 which is not particulary an engine speed signal but maybe it is within the digital input so if you wired them all together with all the inputs you need an engine speed input into the cluster as the tachometer to show you idle and that's a digital 2 pulse/rev signal which is coming from the ECM black plug pin 19 into IC connector C0230 - 15

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