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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 03:32 PM
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may be it is a bit over kill and not needed ?
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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by jon@work
Whilst on the subject, it is worth replacing, or at least testing the resistance of, the earth between the battery and the battery tray and bellhousing - these have been known to look OK but cause problems.
you can get good earth brading kits for re newing such things
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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 09:02 PM
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Thank you all so much for the replies, im no doubt gonna do the fuel pump aswell,

Just out of curiosity when i re-done the fan circuit i ran an earth back to the battery, (Not earthed onto chassis) i connected the earth Fan Switch and the earth for the Fans in the Same wire. Is this ok.

Also does anyone know how i can make the connector (In my Pic C and D) redundant and have not power,

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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by RS_Andy
Just out of curiosity when i re-done the fan circuit i ran an earth back to the battery, (Not earthed onto chassis) i connected the earth Fan Switch and the earth for the Fans in the Same wire. Is this ok.
fine, but what size wire did you use ?

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Also does anyone know how i can make the connector (In my Pic C and D) redundant and have not power,
pull the fan fuse out (in the fuse box)
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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by RS_Andy
Thank you all so much for the replies, im no doubt gonna do the fuel pump aswell,

Just out of curiosity when i re-done the fan circuit i ran an earth back to the battery, (Not earthed onto chassis) i connected the earth Fan Switch and the earth for the Fans in the Same wire. Is this ok.

Also does anyone know how i can make the connector (In my Pic C and D) redundant and have not power,

Thanks Guys
surely removing the orignal fuse and relay will do this ?
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Old Jun 23, 2010 | 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by jon@work
fine, but what size wire did you use ?
Im sure its a 30 Amp wire, i bought it from a car spares shop.
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Old Jun 23, 2010 | 09:09 PM
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Had this happen to me on the weekend , fans just stopped working turns out its a wire gone mushed across the front panel somewhere lol, so ive just done a full re wire with new relay doing away with the old setup in the fuse box.
A job worth doing that was with this heat anyway .
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Old Jun 23, 2010 | 10:14 PM
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i am gonna do mine as i tried a direct feed from the batterys to the fans and they work so must be old wiring causing the issues when thats sorted need to sort out the rear lights as they have a electrical fault and the abs light always being on
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Old Jun 24, 2010 | 10:09 AM
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i also need to get my abs light sorted as thats always on too. Its annoying as its always on.
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Old Jun 24, 2010 | 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by RS_Andy
i also need to get my abs light sorted as thats always on too. Its annoying as its always on.
May be a simple fix. If it's on all the time, remove the 2 pin connector from the brake fluid reservoir and temporarily join the 2 wires (a short bit of wire shoved into the terminals will do nicely). If the light goes out, then either the brake fluid level is a little low, or you need a new reservoir cap.
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Old Jun 24, 2010 | 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by jon@work
May be a simple fix. If it's on all the time, remove the 2 pin connector from the brake fluid reservoir and temporarily join the 2 wires (a short bit of wire shoved into the terminals will do nicely). If the light goes out, then either the brake fluid level is a little low, or you need a new reservoir cap.
Hello John, ive made sure there is enought brake fluid in the car. About 4 months ago i did both front bearings and since then the abs light dont turn off, before i did the bearings the light was never on, only when the car was switched on. So im not too sure what ive done since the bearings.
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Old Jun 24, 2010 | 08:40 PM
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Only thing you could have disturbed by doing this would be the ABS sensors there is one on each wheel hub. They can be removed from the hub and cleaned but they can be very tight in the hub itself so patience is a virtue as they say.

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