In the end, to finish off, theres always orange peel
So I hadn’t finished, afraid I nodded off…
It was the fuse that had blown, a 15amp fuse. I’m glad I worked it out, simple as it was. It’s kind of a security blanket that made a great difference.
It’s very simple and probably more so to some people, but to sit and work it out was quiet refreshing.
I did’nt so much work it out as to think of the last things I had fiddled with and the electrics was one of them. I’ve fitted a little box of switches which run through a double pole isolator and the leads from the switches fit multi pulgs so I can charge a camera battery, the phone and the Autocom.
When I had the 12v phone charger, I didn’t look inside but chopped the cables and fitted it to the switches, it didn’t work then I found there are capacitors inside so I wired them in, but crossed the cables. When it blew it went with with such a cool pop! You know how you never get to know what’s in these tricky electrical bits, well it fluff, nothing but fluff, it goes bang with a celebration of firework fluff and smoke!
So I’m hoping that this was the contributing factor to the 15amp fuse blowing, I cant really see why it might be or how it would go the wrong way round a circuit, but I have to have hope in some odd ball theories other wise I’ll never get started!
So, back home I thought the gear change is pants and took it to BMW who agree its knackered, too soft and like stirring porridge. I have to get up tomorrow morning and drop it off for them to take a look, I’m hoping they will open a valve and hot porridge will run out making the gears more positive.
Handy thing on a long journey, a porridge machine.
Also found the screen is and aftermarket extra which is why it doesnt really fit properly, the bolt holes dont line up, it’s twisted which is how it cracked and why I get buffetted around so much by the draft from it. BMW have a new screen for me, it’s black which is a shame, but at least it’s an original part and so should do the job properly.
Gradually I’m realising that after market spares are a waste of time and money, never fit and don’t do the job they are supposedly designed for. I’m going to be more careful from now on, even patent parts for servicing are not quite right.
Finally for now, peel an orange, dry the skin and apparently it becomes a fantastic firelighter!
Must be worth remembering that - it will be handy I’m sure!
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