Fuse 22......................

[dafydd2008]

Having spent the morning cleaning the car i thought why not pull out the famous 'fuse 22' pulled it out and started her up, however it turned over and died, tryed again and the same happend.
Put it back in and all was fine.
Anyone got any ideas???

P.S. WHilst cleaning the car noticed a Volvo stamped bonnet mounting, i always took the p*** out of volvos!!!

[Murph7355]

You pulled the wrong fuse 22.

I guess you pulled one in the front of the car. You need to pull the one in the boot (RHS of the car, fuse box under the tyre foam/inflator. Behind a carpeted panel).

[dafydd2008]

Oh, that would make sense!!!
I originally went to the back, pulled the bottle and inflator pack out and then thought, of no its in the engine bay!!!
Cheers for the reply!

[bogie]

"P.S. WHilst cleaning the car noticed a Volvo stamped bonnet mounting, i always took the p*** out of volvos!!!"

LOL

youve never had a Volvo then, so not seen a Volvo key fob before either ? *

• look in your hand the next time you start your Vantage

[rick-dms-]

yep loads of volvo parts,

[XXXAngelXXX]

hahaha you are not alone i pulled the wrong one the first time too

[bogie]

rick-dms- said:

yep loads of volvo parts,

Im sure ive seen a couple of Jag fuse boxs or misc electrical bits too

...most of the buttons in the dash and the vent surrounds, electric window switches...all look like they are out of a top spec V70 too....but it all goes together quite nicely of course

[Gatso]

From AMOC forum;

The Detroit Motor Show on Monday 6th January witnessed Aston Martin officially unveil its latest concept car - the V8 Vantage, previously known as AM305.
The V8 Vantage is be produced at Aston Martin's new production facility at Gaydon, in the United Kingdom. The two-seater incorporates many of the traditional styling cues synonymous with Aston Martins, such as the front grille shape and the typical side strakes found on all Aston Martin models, as well as boasting a unique interior that is not sourced from other parts of the Ford empire. See the picture gallery below for more exclusive shots of this interior.
Power comes from a 4.3-litre, low emissions, all alloy V8 unique to Aston Martin. The layout of the powertrain adopts a transaxle configuration, whereby the front mid-mounted engine is connected to the transmission - at the rear of the car - via a torque tube. This configuration provides the car with near perfect 50:50 weight distribution, promising exceptional traction and handling.
The production version of the V8 Vantage was the first model to use Aston Martin's own VH Platform Strategy (Vertical/Horizontal). This means that all future Aston Martin models will use a unique platform common only to Aston Martin. Further technical details and specifications for the production version of the AMV8 will be added here as we receive them.

[bje]

Be careful not to knock the battery kill button, which I did once with the fuse box lid and couldn't figure out why the car wouldn't start.

[bogie]

Gatso said:

From AMOC forum;

The Detroit Motor Show on Monday 6th January witnessed Aston Martin officially unveil its latest concept car - the V8 Vantage, previously known as AM305.
The V8 Vantage is be produced at Aston Martin's new production facility at Gaydon, in the United Kingdom. The two-seater incorporates many of the traditional styling cues synonymous with Aston Martins, such as the front grille shape and the typical side strakes found on all Aston Martin models, as well as boasting a unique interior that is not sourced from other parts of the Ford empire. See the picture gallery below for more exclusive shots of this interior.
Power comes from a 4.3-litre, low emissions, all alloy V8 unique to Aston Martin. The layout of the powertrain adopts a transaxle configuration, whereby the front mid-mounted engine is connected to the transmission - at the rear of the car - via a torque tube. This configuration provides the car with near perfect 50:50 weight distribution, promising exceptional traction and handling.
The production version of the V8 Vantage was the first model to use Aston Martin's own VH Platform Strategy (Vertical/Horizontal). This means that all future Aston Martin models will use a unique platform common only to Aston Martin. Further technical details and specifications for the production version of the AMV8 will be added here as we receive them.

they are well disguised and maybe 'technically' they do comply with that statement boasting a unique interior that is not sourced from other parts of the Ford empire as I think Volvo moved onto other designs that year, so the older parts were not current in their range, so they became unique to the Vantage at that point and supply continued just for that model