oy datatek

did you work out if you could turn the srs light off, when you have no air bag in your seat??

j the range said:

did you work out if you could turn the srs light off, when you have no air bag in your seat??

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Take the bulb out?

you bugger no want to turn it off if i can..

j the range said:

did you work out if you could turn the srs light off, when you have no air bag in your seat??

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Working on it, it's too cold at the moment. In principle yes it's possible, I have to do the calculation for the resistance of the airbag firing element, I have tested it with a variable resistance but the value was very low and difficult to measure accurately. I think something like a 6 volt torch bulb will do the job of replacing the airbag. There also the pins marked as "shorting bars" on the SRS ECU that may do the job. I have hard "airbag fired" fault which cannot be re-set with Faultmate etc, so to be sure how it all works I have to either open up the SRS ECU and find out how to re-set it or replace it. Got to be done before the MOT in April.

I will post the results when it's all sorted.

wammers said:

Take the bulb out?

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Taking one or both bulbs out triggers the "Airbag Fault" message on the message centre.

Datatek said:

Taking one or both bulbs out triggers the "Airbag Fault" message on the message centre.

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Stick masking tape over message. Sorted.

wammers said:

Stick masking tape over message. Sorted.

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Unfortunately, masking tape is not message selective and blanks all the interesting messages as well as the one you don't want

thanks data i is going to have a go at mine on monday, i will let you know how i get on..

j the range said:

thanks data i is going to have a go at mine on monday, i will let you know how i get on..

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Probably don't need to say go careful J, if would be painful if you pop an airbag in the face NO multimeters on the airbags connections

wont pop the ones in the seats cos i took them out yesterday, fitted learther seats with no airbags. only cos claw cant fit his big fat arse on the seats..

j the range said:

wont pop the ones in the seats cos i took them out yesterday, fitted learther seats with no airbags. only cos claw cant fit his big fat arse on the seats..

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Don't his gimp suit sqeek on the leather?

If the airbags you took out are still in date, you might get £20 or more each for them on Ebay.

fooook foooook i slung them yesterday. they where 10 years old, as my car is a late 2000..

Datatek said:

Working on it, it's too cold at the moment. In principle yes it's possible, I have to do the calculation for the resistance of the airbag firing element, I have tested it with a variable resistance but the value was very low and difficult to measure accurately. I think something like a 6 volt torch bulb will do the job of replacing the airbag. There also the pins marked as "shorting bars" on the SRS ECU that may do the job. I have hard "airbag fired" fault which cannot be re-set with Faultmate etc, so to be sure how it all works I have to either open up the SRS ECU and find out how to re-set it or replace it. Got to be done before the MOT in April.

I will post the results when it's all sorted.

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Is it on MOT over there? Does not matter here.

j the range said:

fooook foooook i slung them yesterday. they where 10 years old, as my car is a late 2000..

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Side airbags on mine are lifed at 15 years, fronts are 10 years:doh:

wammers said:

Is it on MOT over there? Does not matter here.

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If the SRS light is on and you have a bloody message saying airbag fault it's a fail according to my testing station

Datatek said:

If the SRS light is on and you have a bloody message saying airbag fault it's a fail according to my testing station

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That would be in Francland. Over here SRS is not part of MOT the lamps can glow as brightly as they want to.

wammers said:

That would be in Francland. Over here SRS is not part of MOT the lamps can glow as brightly as they want to.

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Finaly, something good about living in the UK

Datatek said:

Finaly, something good about living in the UK

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It must be the only thing, have racked my brain and really can't think of anything else.

wammers said:

It must be the only thing, have racked my brain and really can't think of anything else.

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Blimey, I was waiting for you to have a go at me for that

Datatek said:

Blimey, I was waiting for you to have a go at me for that

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no he is saving it all up for volvo claw..hahaha