MikeyB and his new Mate
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All packed up after the event, last couple of Wedges roaring out of the car park, turned the key and now't......not even a click.
Shite, 'whats wrong now?' must be the immobiliser playing up again (as it had happened once before) and it all pointed towards the alarm playing up I thought.
Tried again and nothing. The pump was running the LED's had stopped flashing on the immobiliser, everything should work. Dickymint chirped in 'I bet its a wire off the starter solenoid' he said.
Some mechanic types also chirped in 'nope sounds like an immobiliser issue to me'. I must admit that as it had happened before about a month ago but had cleared itself. So out comes the multimeter(s), tests the battery, coil and every other wire in the entire car. Changes the ECU for Jeff Morgans, still 'nowt.
Pull apart the loom, fusebox, ingition, coils, immobiliser box, immobiliser loom, half the dash and about everything else in the car. Shite cannot find out the issue. Four fully grown blokes clambering all over the car with multimeters and screwdrivers, still cannot find the issue.
Tried bump starting the car several times and..........still 'nowt. The car park is now empty, even the Wedge support vehicle has gone.
About an hour of fiddling and proding and still nothing.
Elaine then chirps up 'how many grown men does it take to fix a TVR? - four and still now luck'. 'All it takes is ONE woman with the forethought to bring the AA card' she said in a really smug sort of way.
The AA duly called and arrived in a short order. The guy asks me what have we tried so far?'. I say in an all knowing cocky sort of way 'we have power to the coil, we got 12.6v at the battery, we have tested and changed the ECU, we have tested every wire in the loom, every fuse, every relay, we have power to the fuel pump and there is even pertol in it!'.
The guy look under the car and says 'yeah you seem to have covered all the bases but what about this wire hanging off the starter solenoid!'
I'll get me coat
The guy put the wire back on and the car started straight away.
Good one Dicky.
Mike(using my hangover as an excuse)B
>> Edited by mikeb on Monday 1st August 20:35
Shite, 'whats wrong now?' must be the immobiliser playing up again (as it had happened once before) and it all pointed towards the alarm playing up I thought.
Tried again and nothing. The pump was running the LED's had stopped flashing on the immobiliser, everything should work. Dickymint chirped in 'I bet its a wire off the starter solenoid' he said.
Some mechanic types also chirped in 'nope sounds like an immobiliser issue to me'. I must admit that as it had happened before about a month ago but had cleared itself. So out comes the multimeter(s), tests the battery, coil and every other wire in the entire car. Changes the ECU for Jeff Morgans, still 'nowt.
Pull apart the loom, fusebox, ingition, coils, immobiliser box, immobiliser loom, half the dash and about everything else in the car. Shite cannot find out the issue. Four fully grown blokes clambering all over the car with multimeters and screwdrivers, still cannot find the issue.
Tried bump starting the car several times and..........still 'nowt. The car park is now empty, even the Wedge support vehicle has gone.
About an hour of fiddling and proding and still nothing.
Elaine then chirps up 'how many grown men does it take to fix a TVR? - four and still now luck'. 'All it takes is ONE woman with the forethought to bring the AA card' she said in a really smug sort of way.
The AA duly called and arrived in a short order. The guy asks me what have we tried so far?'. I say in an all knowing cocky sort of way 'we have power to the coil, we got 12.6v at the battery, we have tested and changed the ECU, we have tested every wire in the loom, every fuse, every relay, we have power to the fuel pump and there is even pertol in it!'.
The guy look under the car and says 'yeah you seem to have covered all the bases but what about this wire hanging off the starter solenoid!'
I'll get me coat
The guy put the wire back on and the car started straight away.
Good one Dicky.
Mike(using my hangover as an excuse)B
>> Edited by mikeb on Monday 1st August 20:35
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gsx600 said:
Sounds a bit fishy, as if the thin starter wire was of the starter solenoid them bumping it should have got it started ?
At least last year when I had the AA no one else was around to take the mick !!
Hate to pick a bone with you Paul, but in fact your wrong, because I was there last year to make sure you got on the trailer OK...
Mark
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