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I have a 1999 4.6 HSE in Qatar, there are no battery's in the remote keyfob but the car starts and runs fine, central locking works on the door lock, seen somewhere that the central locking has been dissabled at the BECM on USA an North American exports? I have the BECM in the UK for repair with...

after not seeing rain for 8 months,you would be surprised how you miss it!so no one want any beer tokens for fixing a becm?

Morning all, will be back in the UK on friday for 3 wks complete with dodgy BECM, anyone on here in the cheshire area who can test/repair these,if not,can travel.Anyone up for some beer tokens? If anyone in Doha reading this,if you need anything from the UK feel free to ask.

have removed BECM cleaned all terminals with contact cleaner, refitted, still the same but now sunroof,and n/s/r window inop and windows will not set? any ideas,am thinking BECM needs looking at, thanks in advance.

thanks guys, will do as suggested and post results.

Evening all,hope someone can shed some light on this,1999 4,6 HSE.Turned on lights and msg centre informed me fuses12,13,14,15 had failed? stereo went off,came back on and req code,checked all fuses all good.The only thing that don't work is passenger side[car is LHD] front and rear sidelights...

the handbrake system is the same as a BMW, small brake shoes that operate on the inside of the rear discs,if you remove a wheel there is a plug you can remove from the disc[between studs] to allow adjustment of the shoe's when the hole in the disc is positioned at 6o'clock.But they do tend to...

had a simliar problem with mine, turned out to be left front air spring.looked and drove fine until braking/turning then loud clunking noise,and eas warning on and off.

check it has had front diff re-call done, transmission are prone.

most thing built in the UK come with oil leaks fitted as standard.

check the tank cap breather is not blocked, sounds like the tank is vacuming

There is a company in Middlewich called Landranger,Go to Yell.com for the number,they have a few places in the area, think the workshop guys name is Terry?[middlewich] Know P38's inside out,and pretty reasonable.

the ram your looking for is called a low height cylinder, they are made by enerpac,fookin expensive new!

always used a big hammer meself!

if it is an auto, and there is no power to solenoid,you could run a temp feed direct from battery to get it running, that way you can stop it by dissconnecting the temp wire without trying to stall it

cannot be sure of this, but if your inj pump has a small solenoid with a single wire to it this is the fuel cut off, check you have power with ign on,if you have power then the solenoid maybe stuck, take the wire off and with ign on touch to terminal if you hear a click then it is working,no...

could,nt agree more about climate etc, we used to drive down, 19hrs inc ferry from cheshire, french payage roads were wicked, 100mph with twin axle trailer no probs!!

where is southern france you live, worked on a gas pipeline in Bordeaux region a few years ago, nice place did'nt speak much english tho.

the longer you stay the more you pay, all you got to do is keep paying your NI contributions and you still get your NHS, pension etc.

what gets me is when I go back to the uk i'm the the one they do all the passport checks on, and a tribe in front thats been done with the tar brush and ink still wet on the paperwork are welcomed with open arms!