just on my way home from work and car cut out completley,
alarm still turn on/off, lights work, but no ignition at all,
no lights on dash or ought,
any ideas please,
got it booked in at MSD for wednesday and need to do 600 mile before then
EDITED, 01.09 IN THE MORNING,
JUST HAPPENED AGAIN, EXCEPT THIS TIME CANT FIX IT,
GOT SHIT UP IN ME BEST CLOTHES

 

ooops

check ya fuse's

 

all checked, there fine

 

could it be immobilised still??

 

no its not, just been on phone to an auto elecy and he said
to check a wiring block under steering column where wire will have burnt out.
any one heard of this

 

Have you checked the battery connections.? Sounds daft but seen it before

 

there fine, i spent 30 mins at side of road checking everything,
fuses, connections, going to go look at that wire block

 

if its same as series 2 under that stearin coloum then there should b 2 plugs... n yup when they unplugged u get nuthin on ya dash... have a root mr.

 

am going outside to look now, cheers

 

what plugs??

 

SHES ALIVE

THE ELECTRICAL PLUGS UNDER THE STEERING COLUMN

 

good news..

can honestly say, ive not noticed these elec plugs tho?? are they on the S1 only?

 

there the ones behind steering column cowling, took bottom half of,
messed around with them and wahey

 

time to go pimping in lancaster, tonights destination for mileage, last night was
southport, its like a ghost town, was loving the attention of the corsa boys though

 

ahhh, not looked behind there, but worth knowing

 

thats the best feeling in the world in it, when it finally goes, its like a massive weight has been lifted from you sholders, and a massive shy of relef....few

 

awsome sounded like 1 of them had come away slightly..

Westy they are on Series 2 aswell... 1 of them is the plug for the ignition barrel and the other i cant remember of top of me head...

 

Nice one Andy, need her nice and loose for Next week pal

Dont be tempted by those Corsa's now

 

they were tempting me last night.
well chuffed she sorted, thought for a minute i were not going to make it for
wenesday, only 550 miles to go, its hard taking it so easy.

cheerrs G420 DEL, much appreciated

 

Had the same trouble with mine

 

had same problem as well. cut them out in the end. much better.

 

HAPPENED AGAIN,
ESCORT FRENZY & TONY TURBO
WOT DID YOU DO AGAIN?

 

 

Cut em out and join em will bullet connectors

 

Cut, twist, solder and heatshrink.

Job sorted.

 

Id be solder and sheat shrink personally. I hate them Bullet connectors.
We gonna get some engine bay pics of the new lump under the bonnet.

 

yes, whilst iis not running, will clean it and polish, finish of under the bonnet.

 

My plug went the other week! When I got my alarm fitted the guy just chopped the plug off and joined the wire together! Starts a dream

 

Happened to mine.

I cut them out and soldered them together before I restored the car. While it was in bits, I cut the wires and fitted a new plug.

 

shes sorted, alive again
it was the immobiliser block connector to the ignition,
cut and soldered together,
cheers people

 

good news!! tis hard doing them break in miles I managed to do 1000 miles but the last few were used up when taking it to MSD, it's hard watching kenny rip off in ye car that you just spent weeks driving round like a snail

 

 

will be there for wednesday stu

 

awsome quote lmao!

 

Exactly same happened on my car. Soldered in new wire.