all connections good, truck dead and 101F underneath
Thanks to all for suggestions. I have looked for and checked all the electrical connections and cannot find any apparent de-grounding problems. I have tried jumping it from my other car - to no avail - truck is dead. There is NOTHING electrical that works. Can turn the key - but the electric windows do not work, headlights do not work, turn signals do not work, brake lights do not work, headlights do not work. Oddly, the interior light works, the light under hood works, and the power lock mechanism works. But only those three things work!
After 45 min under the truck this afternoon - at 101F - I was actually putting together the words to sell this truck....and rationalizing a price. But then I thought of a recent design and performance off road perspective I read in a British car magazine (last night) - and came to my senses... Cannot sell this - need to FIX IT. Frustration building. The magnitude and breadth of the electrical death is telling me something...just not sure what it is though.
SUCCESS! The Phoenix, aka Green Beast...rises again.
To all who helped with advice, suggestions and encouragement - Thank you. As the weather here in Philly on the weekend finally decided to stay below 90F, I went to truck and fixed it. What was it? It was a broken connection - the actual wire was broken - in the "loom" of wires that exits the hot terminal on the battery - resides on top of right fender. This was suggested most directly by "Mike" - but others also correct to suggest I follow the hot wire and find problem. One seemingly small yet so important wire shut down this truck. By the way, perhaps I should not be surprised at the nature of the loom - seems closer to my old '71 88 than an '94 RR. La plus ca change la plus c'est la meme...
This forum and its members made this fix possible - that's really cool and again, thanks to all.
Now, to determine why the coolant is pooled under my truck...I think I will start a new post for that, if I don't fix it after I dig around. I think the rad is shot because coolant just leaks out of bottom right corner when truck sits idle (as it did for last two weeks!).
Range Rover ownership - can it get any better?