FIRST POST ON FORUM & LOOKING FOR SOME ADVICE ON MY 1995 TRANSIT TIPPER (127,000 MILES). BEEN USING EVERY DAY FOR LANDSCAPING WORK & SOMETIMES RECENTLY DIDN'T START TIL 2ND TURN OF KEY BUT GENERALLY A GOOD RUNNER. ON SITE YESTERDAY AND TRIED TO START BUT GAVE OUT A FIZZING SOUND (NO BURNING SMELL THOUGH) FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN ALL IGNITION LIGHTS WENT OUT & NO HOPE OF STARTING BUT COULD STILL TURN RADIO ON. CHARGED BATTERY (FORD) OVERNIGHT & TRIED TO START AGAIN THIS MORNING & SAME THING HAPPENED. TOOK BATTERY TO BE TESTED - APPARENTLY ON ITS LAST LEGS - GOT NEW ONE AND TRIED AGAIN - GUESS WHAT!! SHORT FIZZ AGAIN THEN ALL IGNITION & DASH LIGHTS GONE BUT STILL HAVE RADIO & CENTRAL LOCKING. CHECKED ALL COLOURED (SEE-THROUGH) FUSES WITH NO OBVIOUS ONES GONE - ANYONE KNOW WHICH OF THE CHUNKY BLACK ONES MIGHT BE RELEVANT? ONLY OTHER BITS OF INFO THAT MIGHT AFFECT THINGS ARE FAULT ON DRIVER'S HANDLE - WILL LOCK ON KEY FOB BUT WON'T OPEN FROM OUTSIDE & OLD OIL LEAK MEANS A REGULAR FILM OF OIL OVER ENGINE BLOCK.
CHEERS FOR ANY ADVICE
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