Here's an odd one!

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KK

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• Mar 8, 2006

• #1

This is a serious post, by the way, however much it might seem like a
wind-up.
Besides my P38, I've still got my old 1992 3.9 auto RR Vogue. Great for
going to the tip and taking dry dogs to the beach and wet ones home.
A while ago it developed a pinhole leak in the oil cooler rad and this was
fixed by a pal of mine. He swears blind he didn't touch any relays,
electrics, etc, but now the electric drivers seat wont budge, whilst the
controls for the seat adjust the wing mirrors, but the wing mirror controls
to absolutely nowt.
Where do I start.

 

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Andrew Mawson

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• Mar 8, 2006

• #2

"KK" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> This is a serious post, by the way, however much it might seem like
a
> wind-up.
> Besides my P38, I've still got my old 1992 3.9 auto RR Vogue. Great
for
> going to the tip and taking dry dogs to the beach and wet ones home.
> A while ago it developed a pinhole leak in the oil cooler rad and
this was
> fixed by a pal of mine. He swears blind he didn't touch any relays,
> electrics, etc, but now the electric drivers seat wont budge, whilst
the
> controls for the seat adjust the wing mirrors, but the wing mirror
controls
> to absolutely nowt.
> Where do I start.
>
>

Did he weld it - if so perhaps you got some nasty circulating currents
whopping your electrics if he did it on the vehicle

AWEM

 

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KK

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• Mar 8, 2006

• #3

I'll check, but I don't believe there was any welding done - and for what
it's worth it's only the driver's seat, the passenger side is perfect.

"Andrew Mawson" <andrew@no_spam_please_mawson.org.uk> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "KK" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> This is a serious post, by the way, however much it might seem like
> a
>> wind-up.
>> Besides my P38, I've still got my old 1992 3.9 auto RR Vogue. Great
> for
>> going to the tip and taking dry dogs to the beach and wet ones home.
>> A while ago it developed a pinhole leak in the oil cooler rad and
> this was
>> fixed by a pal of mine. He swears blind he didn't touch any relays,
>> electrics, etc, but now the electric drivers seat wont budge, whilst
> the
>> controls for the seat adjust the wing mirrors, but the wing mirror
> controls
>> to absolutely nowt.
>> Where do I start.
>>
>>
>
> Did he weld it - if so perhaps you got some nasty circulating currents
> whopping your electrics if he did it on the vehicle
>
> AWEM
>
>

 

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SimonJ

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• Mar 8, 2006

• #4

"Andrew Mawson" <andrew@no_spam_please_mawson.org.uk> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "KK" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> This is a serious post, by the way, however much it might seem like
> a
>> wind-up.
>> Besides my P38, I've still got my old 1992 3.9 auto RR Vogue. Great
> for
>> going to the tip and taking dry dogs to the beach and wet ones home.
>> A while ago it developed a pinhole leak in the oil cooler rad and
> this was
>> fixed by a pal of mine. He swears blind he didn't touch any relays,
>> electrics, etc, but now the electric drivers seat wont budge, whilst
> the
>> controls for the seat adjust the wing mirrors, but the wing mirror
> controls
>> to absolutely nowt.
>> Where do I start.
>>
>>
>
> Did he weld it - if so perhaps you got some nasty circulating currents
> whopping your electrics if he did it on the vehicle
>
Classic electrics are pretty much all relays and switches, nothing that can
get fried by welding spikes, with the exception of the engine ecu.

 

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SimonJ

Guest

• Mar 8, 2006

• #5

> This is a serious post, by the way, however much it might seem like a
> wind-up.
> Besides my P38, I've still got my old 1992 3.9 auto RR Vogue. Great for
> going to the tip and taking dry dogs to the beach and wet ones home.
> A while ago it developed a pinhole leak in the oil cooler rad and this was
> fixed by a pal of mine. He swears blind he didn't touch any relays,
> electrics, etc, but now the electric drivers seat wont budge, whilst the
> controls for the seat adjust the wing mirrors, but the wing mirror
> controls to absolutely nowt.
> Where do I start.
>
Have a look at the electrics under the seat (and there's plenty of them
under there!). It is just possible that he got in and adjusted the seat
position (did he drive the vehicle at all?) and the seat moving pulled the
wiring about under the seat.
Bit of a long shot, but I don't think your going to get any short shots with
that one!

 

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Nige

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• Mar 8, 2006

• #6

SimonJ wrote:
> "Andrew Mawson" <andrew@no_spam_please_mawson.org.uk> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> "KK" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> This is a serious post, by the way, however much it might seem like
>> a
>>> wind-up.
>>> Besides my P38, I've still got my old 1992 3.9 auto RR Vogue. Great
>> for
>>> going to the tip and taking dry dogs to the beach and wet ones home.
>>> A while ago it developed a pinhole leak in the oil cooler rad and
>> this was
>>> fixed by a pal of mine. He swears blind he didn't touch any relays,
>>> electrics, etc, but now the electric drivers seat wont budge, whilst
>> the
>>> controls for the seat adjust the wing mirrors, but the wing mirror
>>> controls to absolutely nowt.
>>> Where do I start.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Did he weld it - if so perhaps you got some nasty circulating
>> currents whopping your electrics if he did it on the vehicle
>>
> Classic electrics are pretty much all relays and switches, nothing
> that can get fried by welding spikes, with the exception of the
> engine ecu.

window lift ecu's Elec seat ecu's central locking ecu's - ther are loads on a later classic (after 84
ish)

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