Common Vl probs PLAESE HELP!!!!!!!

[bridget86]

Ok so i have a white Vl commo and i have been reading stuff you guys have said and i wanted to ask more questions.
So dose anyone have a solutuion to this-
my high beams keep blowing on me of the fuze dose. the plastic melts off then it blows its annoying an ***ed i was drivin home the other night and they went out high beams low beams all of it i drove home wit blinkers

Also any more ideas on how to keep crap car stealers out i read something in another form bout a dude who had his broken into and his stuff scatterd everywhere. I do have a kill switch on it but anything can start it i replaced the drivers side lock but not the passenger stupid. not like anyone would be able to get it in gear the gearbox was replaced and it jams you have to jerk it really hard into gear.
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the car also sometimes stalls no reason its auto. it just dies no warning sometimes it comes back others you gotta pull over and juggle all the plugs on the engine

Theres alot more but thats the main **** please give me some feed back

[VL_5SPEED]

Originally Posted by bridget86

the car also sometimes stalls no reason its auto. it just dies no warning sometimes it comes back others you gotta pull over and juggle all the plugs on the engine

It will most likely be the crank angle sensor... It happens to every VL.

[harry3]

pull all the plugs apart on the wiring for the lights and check for dirt or corrosion
clean with points cleaner spray and a toothbrush

[bridget86]

went up to my car this morning an yup dead as a door knob nothing, my battery was totaly flat an i didnt leave anything on

[VL_5SPEED]

Hey man, something is draining your battery... Possibly your boot light gets stuck on??? go to calaisturbo.com.au and do a search.... If you cant find the answers doing a search just ask over on calaisturbo... You will get more replys on that site as basically all the vl die hards are over there.

[bridget86]

hey thanks. i will do. Its my boyfriends car but i drive it cuz he got done DD (15 months). i have learnt so much about it an can usually fix whats wrong if he tells me what to do i know the basic stuff so im not a total retard. so usually i can fix the stuff it dose like stall randomly, sometimes the battery wires come loose and the wire on the starter motor i checked all of that i only got one click it smelled pretty strong of fuel. i need that car to run

[VL-Cruiser]

hey with my old VL I had a few years ago I had the same problem with the FUSE melting / blowing with high beams....

What the problem was I went up to auto shop and bought some really strong high watt globes and they were just to high for the wiring loom, thus causing the fuse to melt / blow....

After I took them out and went with a standard watt I never had a problem again.

[Holdfast]

Originally Posted by bridget86

Ok so i have a white Vl commo and i have been reading stuff you guys have said and i wanted to ask more questions.
So dose anyone have a solutuion to this-
my high beams keep blowing on me of the fuze dose. the plastic melts off then it blows its annoying an ***ed i was drivin home the other night and they went out high beams low beams all of it i drove home wit blinkers

Also any more ideas on how to keep crap car stealers out i read something in another form bout a dude who had his broken into and his stuff scatterd everywhere. I do have a kill switch on it but anything can start it i replaced the drivers side lock but not the passenger stupid. not like anyone would be able to get it in gear the gearbox was replaced and it jams you have to jerk it really hard into gear.
p
the car also sometimes stalls no reason its auto. it just dies no warning sometimes it comes back others you gotta pull over and juggle all the plugs on the engine

Theres alot more but thats the main **** please give me some feed back

I had similar problems, fuses kept blowing lights playing up etc.

Nailed it down to a bad earth in the trailer loom and some very poor connections.

Where the rear tail light loom was spliced into the trailer light plug it got really hot

I fixed the problem by ensuring there was a really good earth connection to the body of the car in the rear boot-well and I soldered each wire to the correct coloured electrical cable. Then I individually insulated each wire with good quality electrical tape and then taped the whole lot together to ensure a nice water-prooof join And presto, no more problems.

Having said that, I'm no electrician, and unless you know a bit about electrics disregard my post.

If you do muck around with the electrics especially if you do any soldering make sure the negative lead is disconnected from the battery terminal before you start any soldering work.

But your best bet is to see an auto-electrician.