Recent content by steely dan

Hi all. A friend has jammed the rear false floor web pull handle into the lock latch . The CL is not opening it and the web cannot be pulled free. Any suggestions as to how I can gain access to it or is there another mechanical handle that I can operate to open the hatch ? I intend to go over...

Well after a month short of eleven years ownership our FL1 has gone . The combination of increasing water loss ( possible inlet manifold cracked though ) seized no 1 plug ( ?) imminent clutch replacement and diff + lower arm bushes and an annual increase of road tax to € 730 rendered it...

Reversing lights not working . Checked fuse , OK switch on gearbox , OK , power at switch , OK . No power at rear lights . Diagram shows on early FL1 feed runs from switch through to Header Joint K109 and then to rear lights . I've found three connectors mounted on the NS inner wing but have as...

Well it was a simple fault but a real bitch to find! After checking everything ( and I mean EVERYTHING ) including all plug connections on the second more intricate examination of the main ecu plug on the main loom three connections were corroded. It took a magnifying glass to find the corrosion...

That was one of my initial thoughts but upon removing the plug leads all were clean & dry. No 1 plug is a mystery though as I fitted the plugs last December when I was having trouble with emmissions on the annual test and I can definatley say that I NEVER overtighten plugs . Why it should...

Yes it is . S'funny you say that as I called the garage an hour ago to ask if he had checked that . I replaced the cap and rotor about a year ago and I seem to recall the rotor was retained with a grub screw .

Had the car 10 years . My wife ran it very low on petrol . .Filled it at a good friends garage so fuel is OK , ran it 3 miles and then it sat for three days unused . She then drove it 16 miles round trip to work where it started to run on three cyl. I discovered it ran it another 5 miles and...

Witnessed it dying I think.................... After we started it today I noticed it running on three cylinders . My wife , who's car it is then told me that it was running rough on the way home from work on Friday ........ I went to remove the plugs and found No1 plug seized solid in the head...

If you can't find the solution prior to mot time then fit this , MINI SMD TIMER SWITCH TIME RELAY 1 TO 40 SEC KIT 10A Delay Off Switch 12V | eBay Easily spliced into the loom at the ABS ECU under the seat , wired to all three amigoes and set to 4 secs . NOT a solution but if the three functions...

You can check the continuity of the wiring from the ECU back to the sensor at the ecu. If it is a Wabco system ( with the ecu under the drivers seat )then remove plug C505 which is the plug with 9 terminals on it ,and bridge terminals 7 and 8 ( nsr )with a digital multimeter set to 2 - 10k ohms...

I sympathise with you as I have also suffered this pesky problem for some time too. Firstly have you had a code reader interogate the car or are you just going through the system blind ? I also changed out the Wabco abs modulator and the problem persisted . I was using a friends universal code...

There is no decelerometer under or around the handbrake lever on my car . Thanks for the suggestion though but this was covered on an earlier thread . '99 petrol 5 door.

Well this is a saga if there ever was.... January last year the problem started, three amigos on ,system read and faults listed as , Pump failure 1( monitor line ) Pump failure 3 ( pump sticking ) Shuttle valve switch failure . Rear left outlet valve short to ground Rear left outlet valve...

In daylight it was apparant that the "pillers " fitted to stand off the plastic light guards had a slot deep in side them that when turned unscrewed them and then the lamp unit.

Reversing bulb has gone and went to remove the ns upper lamp cluster . Mine has the plastic "protecters " fitted so after removing torx screws I thought that the pillers underneath would unscrew out to remove lamp but no they just kept turning. Dark out there now so will go to it in the morning...