Karlos G

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....



Then you fix it.....



... and this is what happens when you dont fix it properly...





Needless to say I have a new one now

Also fitted my Greys today too, so plenty of fuel available now

jammerrs

has it snagged and ripped it apart then or just got hot round it?

either way its not good

Antti O

; P

, did you do the wiring in the first place? =)

jammerrs

so aside from fords rusting in the wet when it rains they try to kill your wiring too

s1cab

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clarke5700

oooooo dear hard times lol hows the gearbox hunt going??

MunkeyboyRS

That not good dude, can I ask have you broke any mirrors, walk under ladders a lot or have a black cat that is always crossing your path?

Karlos G

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Yup somehow snagged on the wiper mechanism and was completely wound tight round the motor!! I only realised because the wipers got stuck halfway and I opened he bonnet to investigate! lol

May have a CTS 2+ sorted, fella on here bought one from Dave Moore Editor of Perfomance Ford and has not fitted it, going MTX instead, so I should be buying that.

Karlos G

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LMAO
It does seem that I have some bad luck doesnt it!?!!
I just put these things down to it being a learning curve.... when you build, wire, and map your own car all from scratch for the first time there are a lot of little things that can go wrong that you would do differently the the next time.
Which is why I always post everything up so other people can learn from my mistakes, and also from the few things I've discovered or overcome myself!

MunkeyboyRS

Oh I seriously take my hat off to you for all the diy work you done, wish I could do more to my car like you have to yours, a much better feeling that someone else doing it for you.
just feel for you as its like nearly everyday lately that you've had another set back, you must be dying to drive her for fun and fun only.

Karlos G

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Cheers!
Yeah there is always something it seems...
But the car is fucking awsome to drive at 26psi with my Greys in and those new 16's on, it just keeps getting better!!

xr2wishy

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bad times that, lesson to learn is that something will get tangled if it's not secured away.
i had this on my steering column under the dash, filled car with smoke and burnt a lot of wiring out.
needless to say i'm more careful now and use fuses all over.
glad that the greys are doing well, i found my rs turbo pump was getting rubbish, now changed to a 979 pump, that's between the 2wd cossie and 044 pump in the range, i've had to pull PW out of my ve tables now, really holds the pressure better as flow increases.

m4tt274

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u dont have much luck do u mate. (y)
never heard of that happening before actually :/

conor.rst

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Is it just me or do you have the worst luck ? it must be bad luck becuase you seem very clued up on the old rst :P

studabear

if it wasn't for bad luck, karlos wouldn't have any

conor.rst

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Lol seems that way

StephenC

had very similar happen on mine, mate was driving it to national day for me and rang me to say wipers had packed up, he opened bonnet to see a big multicore wrapped around mechanism just like yours as. Luckily the cable wasnt made off yet, i'd passed it through bulkhead whilst dash was out to use at a later date so no drama really. Nice scorch marks on that circuit board!!! Keep at it Karlos, really is turning into a saga this car of yours! Glad mine aint running when I read about all these problems!

Karlos G

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It's a struggle some times I can tell you that much!!