Elsa_My first Jag_1994 3.2s

[Elsa_jag]

Its a great feeling when you finally fix a long standing fault. Those fuse boxes cause a lot of "hard to pin down" or the even worse "intermittent" electrical faults.

It is a great feeling! It’s an even greater feeling when everything else is working too! I’d forgotten just how lovely this car is in the flesh. Can’t wait to start using her again.

That’s exactly what my fault was, intermittent. It came and went so randomly that I would replace a suspect component and the fault would seemingly disappear only to come back again shortly after!

It does seem fixed now, just need an mot and some miles under the belt to prove it.

[naki_k]

Its a great feeling when you finally fix a long standing fault. Those fuse boxes cause a lot of "hard to pin down" or the even worse "intermittent" electrical faults.

They certainly do. Hence why its another of those mandatory preventative measures all these late models need. All my late cars have them done as a matter of course. Its when not if.
Congrats of getting it done. Did you do the solder work, or farmed out?

[pimgmx]

Good news, Carl!

Those bad solder joints can and will cause a headache or two when they decide to play up. Been there, done that...

[Elsa_jag]

Its a great feeling when you finally fix a long standing fault. Those fuse boxes cause a lot of "hard to pin down" or the even worse "intermittent" electrical faults.

They certainly do. Hence why its another of those mandatory preventative measures all these late models need. All my late cars have them done as a matter of course. Its when not if.
Congrats of getting it done. Did you do the solder work, or farmed out?

My father is very keen on electronics and he builds model railways etc. He’s very handy with a solder iron. So no I didn’t do it myself!

[old del boy]

That's good to hear Carl , definitely not the first thing you would suspect and i suppose a last resort when all else has not solved the problem , time to re discover what a fine motor car you have

Derek..

[Elsa_jag]

I’ve been speaking to my mate who does my MOTs these days, he’s trying to get me a slot in the next week or two to get the Jag tested and back on the road.

I’ve had to check back through this thread to remember how long it’s been since she was on the road! September 2018 was the last trip out, but July 2018 was the last outing where I still had faith in the car.

Hopefully the resoldered fuse box is the end of my woes, I’m looking forward to getting her back on the road now, had it not been for Covid she would have been MOTD back in April, but the garage closed to non-essential workers.

She currently starts and runs and moves around no issues, no problem with cold starts nor hot starts and no long cranking times, fingers crossed for the MOT and a nice summer!

I’ll let you know how I get on...

[naki_k]

How time can fly by, and circumstances conspire against us.
I am sure you will fly through the test.

On the subject of soldering. In my humble opinion, if think it’s worth resoldering the Fan relay and DBC10009 as a matter of course. For the same reason as the fuseboxes need it.

[Elsa_jag]

How time can fly by, and circumstances conspire against us.
I am sure you will fly through the test.

On the subject of soldering. In my humble opinion, if think it’s worth resoldering the Fan relay and DBC10009 as a matter of course. For the same reason as the fuseboxes need it.

I’m familiar with the fan relay, but not DBC10009?

[pimgmx]

...but not DBC10009?

It’s the one that makes your exterior lights go funny when they fail...
Resoldered mine ages ago, below the passenger-side dash iirc?

[naki_k]

How time can fly by, and circumstances conspire against us.
I am sure you will fly through the test.

On the subject of soldering. In my humble opinion, if think it’s worth resoldering the Fan relay and DBC10009 as a matter of course. For the same reason as the fuseboxes need it.

I’m familiar with the fan relay, but not DBC10009?

put that part number into he search box. theres loads of posts about it.
all in the name of reliability.