Was checking my turbo yesterday and removed the battery, now when i connect the battery there are no ignition lights and car seems to have no power dont know if i connected the battery right as there was the red wires that went to the live and black that went to the minus but there are 2 brown which i connected to minus,
so im thinking that ive blown something any 1 know what and if i did connect the brown 1ns right any 1 got a pic of there battery connections can they send it to mark.khan1@tesco.net cheers

 

brown+red are all positive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-+(black is earth)-schoolboy stuff!!!!!!

 

feed wires on the RS turbo if thats the car it is are RED or are BLACK when switched

earth wires are all BROWN!!!!
DO NOT CONNECT THE BROWN WIRES TO THE LIVE SIDE OF THE BATTERY!

 

CONFUSING 1 says brown to blavk 1 says brown to live [red]

 

no confusion! the earth wires on the RS turbo are all brown even the haynes manual has a note on it see note 2 below. if you connect them to the live be prepared for melted plastic wire covering .

 

Right thanks 4 the repliys i found out why there was no power the fuse in my battery charger had blown right i just connected the brown to thelive and the ignition lights are on without the key in but turned over but no fire like the fuel pump wasnt working, so charging the battery again to try on the neutral in the morning, any 1 know why the lights were on wiv no key thanks all

 

Thats a wierd one.

How did you connect it up if your battery is flat??

Charge it up and see if it works, if not let us know and ill try and help you as best i can!

PMSL @ the brown wires to positive Your lucky someone saved u before trying that one i can tell you

 

I slapped a fuse in the charger and charged it 4 half hour just to make sure it would turn over like i said the lights came on the dash wiyhout the key in, it turned over but didnt fire, ive had to put some petrol in like cos ran out yesterday so fuel needed to get through but usally does straight away
not avin much look with this motor am i lol

 

What lights are you getting on the dash without the key in?

 

BATTERY AND OIL M8 OIL GOES OUT AFTER TURNIN OVER

 

So.........your saying if you turn the engine over they go out and never come back on??

 

no m8 the battery and oil lights are on then when you turn key to crank the engine the oil light goes out battery on then when you stop turning the key the oil lights back on battery 1 all the time

 

I reckon while you've been swapping wires about you've blown the diode pack in the alternator.

 

Whats that m8 is it a big job

 

Not really.

Get the battery charged and on first.

Did you disconnect anything while you had the turbo out?

 

No just the black plug that goes to the throttle bodie

 

but acording to verlocity i just had to wire the brown to the black that might b whats up?

 

Have you not connected the brown wires then? Being honest though they are for the ECU's. Wouldnt expect it to cause a problem like that.

 

I did conect them but to the live which sound right cos some thing has been reversed a permenant live to make the ignition come on without the key

 

i know why they called it FORD now tho Fix it Or Repair Daily lol

 

if you've connected the brown earths to the live.........there could be some serious damage

 

seriously, as SafeChav just said, there could be damage if you connected browm wires to the live (+ve) terminal.

I had a problem starting mine a few days ago, seemed to be all down to the battery not having enough charge, charged it fully over night and first thing in the morning, started as normal.

Amazing what an overnight charge can do!

Lee

 

RIGHT GOT IT STARTED BUT NOW I HAVE NO HIGH BEAM OR LIGHTS JUST SIDE LIGHTS AND NO INDICATORS BUT WORK WIV HAZARD BUTTON CHECKED FUSES AND NONE ARE BLOWN

 

That doesnt sound hopeful if the fuses are all ok.

might have fucked the stalk up

 

AS IN STALKS DO U MEAN THE CONTROLS

 

Yea

 

check all the relays, dont know about escorts but they are normally hidden behind the fuse box or in a spereate box in the engine bay near the battery

 

Everything that would be related to this fault is in the main fuse box