Just a quick warning to check your jack mounting inside the LHR quarter panel.
We have done quite a lot of High Counry & Outback travel which as you are aware involves a lot of rough work & corrugations.
On our most recent trip to the Outback (June '07), I developed an annoying rattle in the rear, but what's new, the Outback does that!
However, next day, twice the car went into 'limp home' mode for a few seconds & came good after I stopped to check if the loss of power was a flat tyre on the camper trailer, a little later the engine (TD27) started to miss spasmodically, causing more than a little concern due our remoteness. We made
camp just on dark & I decided to check the next morning.
Next morning I opted to clean the contents of 3 split cans of Cougar Bourbon & Coke out of the Engel first, after putting it back on it's slide I noticed it wasn't running, more drama!
On tracing back the wiring I found the genuine Engel socket, which I had located in the LHR quarter panel had a smashed positive fuse holder & an exposed wire end.
Luckily the circuit is also fused at the battery & that had blown, obviously just as we pulled in to
camp for the night.
Now after all that I will get to the point. What had happened is that the jack mounting plate had torn away from the body & the jack had become the new "rattle in the rear" & had crushed the fridge fuse holder causing intermittent shorting & obviously upsetting the vehicle's computer, causing the erratic engine problems.
There appears to be quite a few Terrano II owners here, maybe we should exchange email addresses & contact each other if we have a problem or need accessories etc. because I have noticed over the years of our ownership, you go in to some
places & say 'Terrano II' & they look at you like you have got two heads. Just an idea!
PS. I will pre-empt that some will say that the 3 split cans of Bourbon & Coke was a bigger catastrophy than the engine problems, but I can assure you that when you
miles from anywhere & travelling 'single vehicle' engine problems can cause more than a little 'puckering of the valve'