Peter.N.
July 12, 2008 07:21 pm
Hi Folks
This hatchback I have just put the clutch in has hard suspension, I thought the spheres are bound to need replacing, so I did, the centre front one anyway. No improvement. I borrowed the suspension ECU from the other car and Eureka! I now have soft suspension. I now hopefully only have to fit a couple of diodes in the other one.
Peter.N.
Andmcit
July 12, 2008 07:34 pm
That's my excuse too! It is good for troubleshooting.
Andrew
Ciaran
July 13, 2008 01:56 pm
I kept all the ECUs from my original S1 for this reason, now them taking up space is finally justified
Peter.N.
July 13, 2008 02:24 pm
Hi Ciaran
The great thing was that I could substitute a non modified Ecu with a modified one, which gave me an instant diagnosis. I am hoping to fix the other one this afternoon, I have the car taxed from Monday.
Peter.
citroenxm
July 13, 2008 04:38 pm
why keep a car! I got a shead STUFFED full.. but still cant keep everything
I cant agree more when it comes to ECU's. Whats the chances of having TWO duff ecu's in the same place....
But how far do you go for keeping things????
Rgds
Paul
Andmcit
July 13, 2008 04:48 pm
| QUOTE (citroenxm @ Jul 13 2008, 15:38 PM) |
| why keep a car! I got a shed STUFFED full.. but still cant keep everything |
I think that answers it.
If you can have a spare donor car lying about the place all the items are in exactly the same
position as the car you're trying to fix! So long as you put them back in the right position AGAIN
when you've finished and've either bought/found the replacement for the busted item that caused
the issue in the first place...
I was organised once, but had to move venue and everything was rather hastily bundled about
and now I don't stand a chance of finding anything.
The alternative is to buy what you need when you need it off ebay - unfortunately now, that's a
bit like I'd imagine having your fingernails pulled out one by one feels like!
Andrew
Peter.N.
July 14, 2008 05:10 pm
Hi Paul
As Andrew says, if you have a spare car at least you know you have all the bits. That was exactly what I bought this one for but it was such a nice car I didn't have the heart to scrap it. But now I have a complete set of known working parts that I can swap to fault find, well electrical anyway. As from today it is road legal, I have just taken it down the bypass and put some fuel in. I will post a photo when I have cleaned it
Peter.
citroenxm
July 14, 2008 06:24 pm
NO NO NO NO NO Dont do that (take a photo) Its black and Ill love it!!
I just love black... and would have offered to buy a load of panels from you for my Black Onyx...
Never mind, saving one is better then anything else, Ill just have to drool..
rgds
Paul
Andmcit
July 14, 2008 06:52 pm
Paul, it sounds like you need help! A penchant for dirty black XM's is something I'm sure
they can help you work out! Go on - let Peter wash his Xm - it deserves a wash to match
its shiny new MOT!!
Andrew
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