chobbb

Thanks all - looks like consensus is the alloy ones are not a bad buy and with some fiddling will fit. Reminds me of the heater core issue I had - late run XE heater cores with the straight pipes coming out aren't available anymore so I needed an earlier one modified to fit.
Cheers

This radiators not in X series but anyways, I have just gone thru replacing the the copper nipon denso radiator in my 3.5lt  v6 Pajero.
I took my ND and a triple core core one that i brought from a swap meet to a mob called Pasino Radiators, theyve been around for over 40 years and absoulete legends in the game.
 
They tested both and said the ND was beyond repair and the swap meet one they would clean and replace the top tank $160.00 but no warranty on the repaired one.
For a new copper radiator i was quoted $850.
 
So i got an Ebay one,i did some research and found a listing that kinda only did radiators, it was $125.00.Ive bush bashed ,towed caravans  and tandem loads of firewood.
The needle has never gone over half.
Would i buy another one ? for sure.
 

That would do it!
 
The purple wire is the fused side of the power windows, so wouldn't cause any issues here.  However, the black (with green tracer) goes back to the ignition switch and would have provided constant power (as you described).

You're right - and when I first spotted the washer, it was sitting in the top centre of the fuse panel, and it had a screw in it. It had been sitting across the thick yellow wire and the black one next to it, and/or touching the purple wire in between. In removing the fuse board the screw fell out and washer moved to where it is pictured.
 
To echo deankdx, I'm very lucky that this is all that happened.

Hi everyone
 
Thanks for your help. I pulled the dash forward and leaving the warning lights panel plugged in (alt light on/flickering when I wobbled the loom) traced the plugs in the RH footwell. The problem was definitely there, but not where I expected - a washer had fallen in to the rear of the fuse panel and perfectly created a circuit across the live centre bar (yellow thick wires) and some outer fuses. See pic linked. It was wedged firmly in there!!
 

 
I did notice when I was under there that mismatching plugs would be quite easy, and I think I'd have preferred it if that happened because they're more accessible!
 
Cheers
 
 
 
 
 
 

Thanks mate will have a look at the plugs. It's weird that it's doing this with the ignition unplugged completely.