New toy WILL play :-D

[ScuttleRX]

Grinder, I completely missed this thread, it always crops up in the new posts bit, so to satisfy my curiosity, and more importantly to save me reading 20 pages could you sum it up for me in 3 lines or less

[grinder]

mick - yeah its the 13th and its in warrington - i will post it up tonight in a seperate thread - and the cost of the cover - so be honest matey - not sure - im sure we can work something out - if you want i can bring it with me so you can have a look first

Scuttle : OK bought car , when you turned it on the relays went mad under the bonnet - hacked off the cat1 alarm and Turbo timer just incase these were playing up - still doing it - removed the ecu sent it to prof who swapped the chip into another one - still doing it - checked nearly every component in the engine with a mulitmeter , still wouldnt start , imported a new ECU from AUS and it now runs fine - just got the abs and headlights to sort out ( time taked to get car running - circa 40hrs )

Stu

[ScuttleRX]

Good to hear its nearly sorted sounds like it has been a bit of a PITA

[grinder]

oohh yeah and still not finished

[Mobilemick]

Wooooooooooo hoooooooooooooooo, finally got a chance to drive me RX today :wiggle :wiggle :wiggle :wiggle


300yds up the road, it broke down,    Ran outta fuel  lol.


All ok now,  50% sure i`ll be there on the 13th stu  

Mick

[grinder]

hiya chaps

Mick - i like you style - every time i fill the diesel up now i get a can on juice for the vert - it now has 2 gallon in it

right then - got me the ABS ECU - got it fitted and the light has gone out - so wooohoooo another problem down - see pics at end of this post for a GOOD laugh - and you will figure out why it didnt work

so onto the NEXT problem

headlights wont work

1 - i have side lights - these work fine
2 - i have front fogs - these work fine
3 - head lights wont come up or come on
4 - fool the relays and i get lights but no movement

so any ideas where to start on this - and some on the relays are getting the voltage either - tried 4 headlight switches aswell - and non will raise the lights or turn them on ( although one of them did get the dash lights working )

and the clock seems to be blowing the fuse alot ??

any ideas welcomed

Stu

( they arent the best quality pics - but they are from a camera phone taken under kitchen lights )

[Prof]

3 - head lights wont come up or come on
4 - fool the relays and i get lights but no movement

There are 2 main fuses for lights - one supplied power for the retractor motors and the other supplies power to the lights.
 
If by fudging relays you have the lights on, then try tracing the 12v feed from the fuse box in the engine bay to the relays at the front.
 
What I did when my lights stopped working was to take out the 2 30A fuses, disconnect the relays making a note of which one came from where, and then used the multimeter on the resistance setting to check that the 12v feeds were coming through the loom ok - that\'s how I found my lights supply was shagged.
 
Don\'t forget to start by checking the fuses !

[Mobilemick]

Looking at the plug,(terminal side)
1 2 3
4 5 6

1.This receives power from the light switch
2.This receives power from the light switch
3.Output from relay to both lights
4.The relay gives a live output when light switch is turned on
5. Output from relay to both lights

There is a round 4 pin plug behind each headlight, unplug passenger one, and headlight stays down, not tried it on drivers side.

On my vert only 1 relay does both lights ?  i post a pin out of it on here stu,

Mick

[grinder]

we checked BOTH relays - and it would seem that one feeds the dipped beam and the other the main beam

so which one does the retractor

checked out both fuses and they seem fine

i think you are right mick about the round connector - we are just not sure what feeds it

looks like i need to start taking it apart again

Stu

[grinder]

well looks like im about to get stung on the ABS ECU

guy sent it me saying "if it works give us a couple of quid" told him it works so offered him £15 for it

hes come back saying that £40 is more reasonable - errrrr if i knew it was gonna be that price i wouldnt have bothered

thing is - im now stuck - do i send it back ( that means i pay postage to him and have to cover his ) - or pay £40 ??

£40 for a fcuking ABS ECU - it only cost me £27.45 for the MAIN N374 ECU - hummmmmm not impressed over this - but stuck between a rock and a hard place as its sorted out my probs

really not impressed over this

and i could have got one from IWAN which i turned down as this one has already been posted to me

Stu

[grinder]

hummm OK - looks like its been resolved - £30 inc P&P - i suppose i cant argue at that - well i can - it just wont get me any where !!

Stu

[Mobilemick]

the one closest to the drivers headlight is the retractor one, it also puts the lights on.??  

We do have the same car dont we stu ??

[grinder]

no we dont matey - yours is an S4 and mine is a S5

from what i looks like on mine i have 2 relays one powers dip one powers main

i dont think i have a 6 pin block on mine - its a 5 pin one

i have some more print outs to go thru - but cant see me getting to a answer that quick

Stu

[FD3SNuttah]

i think i mite have an abs ecu, ill dig around for in my box of spares on the weekend.

[grinder]

dont worry Nas - gonna send him £30 - just as easy to be honest