16-08-2021, 03:28 PM
follow the noise! - Failing that Google it. Someone somewhere will know where the swine is.
My friend who has a medical seatbelt exemption, made the main dealer sort the wiring on his new car before taking delivery. Apparently they just snipped the wires in the dash and to the buzzer.
Can you not jam a piece of paper clip between the terminal of the plugs under the seat?. Or is the fault nearer the dash? This cured the immobiliser thinking my bonnet was open on my old Mondeo, which I found first night I had it home (wonder why it was for sale!). 20mins after the fault presenting it was fixed, courtesy of Google.
Tonights job for me is open the bonnet on my Focus. Went to check the fluids after some good mileage on holiday last week. Key in, turn left, nothing. Common fault on Fords apparently. The bit that connects the key in the grill, to the catch some 6 inches behind seems to be fubar. Apparently its a bit of wire rope connected to a sh1tty piece of plastic. One or the other will have broken. Options according to youtube/google are thus:-
1. Maul off the grill, smash the wire rope off the shitty piece of plastic, and turn the catch with a screwdriver to open.
2. Take off the plastic undertray, undo 2no 10mm screws that you cant see, at arms length with your arms squashed between the engine and the rad. (sounds worse than setting tappets in situ on an austin) Pull it back off the bulkhead and unplug the wiring.
End soloution is going to be to carry round a long series screwdriver inserted from the grill to open in future.
My friend who has a medical seatbelt exemption, made the main dealer sort the wiring on his new car before taking delivery. Apparently they just snipped the wires in the dash and to the buzzer.
Can you not jam a piece of paper clip between the terminal of the plugs under the seat?. Or is the fault nearer the dash? This cured the immobiliser thinking my bonnet was open on my old Mondeo, which I found first night I had it home (wonder why it was for sale!). 20mins after the fault presenting it was fixed, courtesy of Google.
Tonights job for me is open the bonnet on my Focus. Went to check the fluids after some good mileage on holiday last week. Key in, turn left, nothing. Common fault on Fords apparently. The bit that connects the key in the grill, to the catch some 6 inches behind seems to be fubar. Apparently its a bit of wire rope connected to a sh1tty piece of plastic. One or the other will have broken. Options according to youtube/google are thus:-
1. Maul off the grill, smash the wire rope off the shitty piece of plastic, and turn the catch with a screwdriver to open.
2. Take off the plastic undertray, undo 2no 10mm screws that you cant see, at arms length with your arms squashed between the engine and the rad. (sounds worse than setting tappets in situ on an austin) Pull it back off the bulkhead and unplug the wiring.
End soloution is going to be to carry round a long series screwdriver inserted from the grill to open in future.