A car a month for 2020. Idiocy but you love it.
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Toaster Pilot said:
Moved the Focus into the unit today to put it on a battery charger (thinking the battery might be causing spurious errors) but the fault had cleared again!
Charging the battery anyway, will see what happens.
Feb’s car is here already..... collection was rather uneventful!
Low battery voltages and poor earth's can cause all sorts of grief.Charging the battery anyway, will see what happens.
Feb’s car is here already..... collection was rather uneventful!
eltax91 said:
Toaster Pilot said:
eltax91 said:
Mini
For less than £500 in 2020? 
That light has a "classic" look to it though, something from the 80's or earlier?
Mr-B said:
eltax91 said:
Toaster Pilot said:
eltax91 said:
Mini
For less than £500 in 2020? That light has a "classic" look to it though, something from the 80's or earlier?
Hi toaster. Saw your on the autos
te forum and I cant reply to threads or message anyone as I havent been approved. Couldn't give an admin a nudge for me could you? I'll buy a ticket or two on your next roffle as recompense. I think my user name is just MichaelBailey... (unimaginative soul)
te forum and I cant reply to threads or message anyone as I havent been approved. Couldn't give an admin a nudge for me could you? I'll buy a ticket or two on your next roffle as recompense. I think my user name is just MichaelBailey... (unimaginative soul)Toaster Pilot said:
eltax91 said:
‘Shortly’ eh? Come on then pal! Where’s the vid
Due to popular* demand* - I've stuck the latest video up tonight! The repair was a little bit more drawn out, as I'd feared. Replacing the steering angle sensor made absolutely no difference, and it turned out the fault lay with the control circuitry in the pump. The old pump still works perfectly (and looked to be in better overall condition than the one I replaced it with) but the circuit for the steering angle sensor was defective, resulting in no reading being recognised and the system going into fail-safe mode.
Fitting the new* (very used, £23 from a scrapyard) pump was a bit of a pain, because I didn't have proper flare spanners or hose clip pliers. The hoses and especially the return hose were rather difficult to access.
The used part came with it's entire mounting bracket attached - I originally thought that I'd need to remove the old one in the same way this one had obviously been extracted from the scrap car - this would've been difficult and time consuming. Turns out there are three (tight and rusty) bolts on the bottom of the pump assembly that allow it to drop out from where it's mounted, in a far simpler manner.
It's now got fully functioning power steering and no more warning on the dash. £53 in parts (plus £8 for some CHF11S fluid) but it could've been sorted with the pump alone, I think.
Edited by Toaster Pilot on Friday 17th January 22:57
Edited by jeremyc on Monday 20th January 09:48
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