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The "Today I did something to my car" thread
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Loom cleaned thoroughly and fitted to the new engine, which needed a damned good clean!
The Alfa has moved again... 1 Metre foreward :pac:
Looking to get a t-belt kit for my BMW. I don't think it needs special tools...
Never done it before, needs doing, have the car nearly 6 years... :eek: 0 -
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rebel.ranter wrote: »What BMW have you got? Not many of them have a timing belt bar some 4 cylinder engines in the mid-90s.
Sure mine isn't even from the 90s. 6 cyl too :pac:
The belt kit is approx £50, water pump about £30. Looking foreward to having that right! After that: the sump gasket :mad:Mal, that's a great job on the car. Blue graphite is the best colour for any VW.
You had me confused there for a minute....! :P0 -
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I'm still at a loss to explain why/how someone could sign off on those 2 muppets getting their hands on 5 Ford Focii & 3 high power Jags and allow them to smack them about the place for a few mins entertainment. Boggles the mind really!
I'll still watch it - but with each episode it seems to become more and more like an 8 year old's wet dream (before they discover girls
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Ok got a load of stuff done again today! A much deserved wash, ran a cable from the CD changer in the boot to the front of the car so I now have aux in without spending €250 on a Dice MediaBridge, I had to take out the back seats to do it so they got a leather treatment while they were out. And finally got a few pics of the car
suds!
Rear seats removed
Leather cleaned
The boot stripped
After stripping the boot I realised I could splice into the cables under the rear seats instead so the cable was soldered in there instead
Me tucking the cable under the trim
Looking mean
New CF centre caps on MV2s
Sorry for the photo bomb! Hoping to wrap the wood trim during the week and maybe do the clutch delay valve. But after that im going to leave it alone for a few weeks!
**Edit heres a sound clip of the exhaust when the car is started from cold
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You most likely have the power wires mixed up
Possibly one yellow and one red.
One goes to permanent power for the memory ( holding stations and settings )
the other goes to ignitiion so as when the key is turned off the headunit goes off as well.
i just pluged it into the slots :L now u say that the radio does not start or stop with the key u have to touch the button to start it with the car on and once the car is turned of you have to stop it manuly or pull out the key and if the car is of with the radio of it just won't go on till the ignition is turned on 0 -
Gave mine a wash earlier too, and damn did it need it.
Only had enough time for a two bucket wash and a quick try of megs claybar on the bonnet, threw some SRP on the boot/bonnet/roof, and tried out some RainX on the side mirrors.
Looking much better and actually seems like there's still a small bit of wax left under what was caked in muck.
(not the best iphone pics ever, you get the idea!)
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i just pluged it into the slots :L now u say that the radio does not start or stop with the key u have to touch the button to start it with the car on and once the car is turned of you have to stop it manuly or pull out the key and if the car is of with the radio of it just won't go on till the ignition is turned on
OK,
This is how it should be,
Key on = radio on ( provided the radio is on via its own power button)
Key off = Radio goes off
Next time when you enter car it should go. Key on and radio comes on with it and also have stations saved.
You definately have one wire wrong.
I feel you have both power wires going to ignition which turns off everything.
Look at the instructions that came with it
It should say something like this ( not sure of colors so check yourself)
+12 = RED
Switched 12v = Yellow
Or the other way round
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Swap over the red and yellow for a quick fix. ( assuming they are the power colors )
I have looked at the wiring instructions and they are the colours. Looks difficult to change the wires on the adaptor though! Not to mention it took an hour to get the shaggin radio to fit in the first place.....thats probably whats putting me off most
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tbh i never evan looked at the name of the head unit
i went for one within my price bracket with a usb slot all i know is that it is alba the car is a 02 seat leon its just a plug though so how are the lives mixed up ?
This one?
http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5006425/Trail/searchtext%3ECAR+STEREO.htm
Pull out the stereo again.
Check wire colors at the rear. I am alomst certain the power ones are a red and a yellow.
Pull the plug out again and get a circuit tester ( if you dont have one a 12v bulb in a holder with 2 wires sticking out would do ) Turn off/take out the key,
earth one of the bulb wires, take the plug at the car side ( not the stereo) and touch the other wire from your bulb to the red one and see if the bulb lights up, If so this is your constant 12v supply.Then check the yellow one, That should be dead, now turn on the key and check the yellow one again, It should be live. Check the corresponding wires on the stereo connector and see if red goes to red and yellow goes to yellow.
It is here the problem should lie.
If they match or not they need to be swapped over, Sometimes it is possible to get the connectors out of those blocks with the aid of a small pin or something but I rarely succeeded in doing this. What I do is snip the red and snip the yellow and swap them over. Tape them up good and secure. Plug back in and your problem should be solved.
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This one?
http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5006425/Trail/searchtext%3ECAR+STEREO.htm
Pull out the stereo again.
Check wire colors at the rear. I am alomst certain the power ones are a red and a yellow.
Pull the plug out again and get a circuit tester ( if you dont have one a 12v bulb in a holder with 2 wires sticking out would do ) Turn off/take out the key,
earth one of the bulb wires, take the plug at the car side ( not the stereo) and touch the other wire from your bulb to the red one and see if the bulb lights up, If so this is your constant 12v supply.Then check the yellow one, That should be dead, now turn on the key and check the yellow one again, It should be live. Check the corresponding wires on the stereo connector and see if red goes to red and yellow goes to yellow.
It is here the problem should lie.
If they match or not they need to be swapped over, Sometimes it is possible to get the connectors out of those blocks with the aid of a small pin or something but I rarely succeeded in doing this. What I do is snip the red and snip the yellow and swap them over. Tape them up good and secure. Plug back in and your problem should be solved.
Any more Q's just ask
exactly that one :L
i'll get someone else to do the wireing if that is the case :P i m not a confindent man with that type of thing id nearly set her on fire :P0
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