Disco 3 and me

[red5]

Is it worth having a poke at the rear chassis before going any further?

Normally yes - for the usual.

However - 10 month MOT so watch my cavalier devil-may-care attitude. Briefly anyway.

It doesn't appear too crispy. I'm sort of hoping early = not made of cheese. Lol.

[red5]

None of the codes clear so i fixed the wireless. It's loud and has 5 bonus cd's from po still loaded.
I felt slightly voyeuristic listening - but nowhere near enough not to obviously.

And put my glasses on. So i could 'see' some of the 'colours' that Solihull did their best to obscure.

[Chodweaver]

Oh, well bought Sir!

#shamelessvicariouspleasure

[Drum]

Good luck. I managed to escape a dalliance with a P38.
I hope it didn't cost you too much.

[cros]

Good luck. I managed to escape a dalliance with a P38.
I hope it didn't cost you too much.

What? You mean I'm not the only idiot whos paid twice?

[red5]

With a green oval the initial purchase price is never the cost of getting it roadworthy - not 'fixed' - just roadworthy, or usable if you will.

So far it owes me cost, plus -
£72 and 1.5 days.

[red5]

So - as with anything electronic and L-R based all is not what it seems.
In my experience one/two actual faults usually leads to a veritable party of lamps on the dash.

[red5]

A quick check with KTS showed no signal from n/s/f ride height sensor.
ECU showed reference voltage and earth. Multi-meter confirmed it using 'looking' and poking holes in already crumbly insulation.

So confession time. I ordered a sensor and drilled off old one as as usual the plastic retaining clip for the plug was broken/brittle as feck.

And promptly fitted it without checking old one properly. Which was fine. Twat/senior moment.

In my defence I was tripping on hay fever medication and the realisation that I'd purchased, with money, a D3.

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[red5]

6 errors my arse. 40-odd.

So. Find plug in loom. Removed old tape from previous and continuity checked then resistance check from plug backwards.

Stab finger.

Traced concern to the multiplug itself - ie no continuity back into harness. I could have scoped the sensor at this point and checked but meh.
Repaired poor connection and blimey, a signal.

The last picture above - the top four are all related to the signal wire issue, the bottom two we'll come to later. That's building the anticipation, eh.

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Voltage out of range can be 0v. Remember that.


Ps - apologies if I'm over doing it, I'ts hard to know what you already know, or wish to see.

[Tam]

Not a clue what most of it means but keep doing it! Enjoy this sort of rocket science