leeser23
Member Since: 15 Feb 2010
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ad15, thanks for that I now have the wheel off ,
Am more annoyed now wasted half an hour trying to get something out that I did'nt have to!!
Now I have to try and repair this bloody stripped wire ahhhhhhh
Leeser
Live & learn!!!
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oddboy
Member Since: 29 Oct 2009
Location: norfolk
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did mine today no prob!! only had it 3 months  Richard
club none owner
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| 12th Mar 2010 8:51 pm |
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ad15
Member Since: 14 Dec 2008
Location: up that tree
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leeser, sorry i had to run out for a min.\ 
you all sorted?  one wife.......livid
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| 12th Mar 2010 9:29 pm |
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leeser23
Member Since: 15 Feb 2010
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Well the wheel is off but now have to repair wire .
I,ll take a look tomorrow in day light
thanks
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| 12th Mar 2010 9:39 pm |
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thorgal
Member Since: 26 Nov 2008
Location: on the east side
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Wiggs, are you positive that battery disconnection is NOT needed?I have to take off the air bag again ,since i followed the alignment mark on new wheel and is all crooked now,should have fallowed the old wheel mark....This battery disconnecting thing takes me more time than air bag,but i rather be safe, than sorry on skipping this procedure...hence my question...is it OK to leave it connected?
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| 12th Mar 2010 11:22 pm |
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leeser23
Member Since: 15 Feb 2010
Location: reading
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Steering wheel switchs all changed over.
Now the repair of this blooming wire I pulled out?
Leeser
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| 13th Mar 2010 8:49 am |
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ad15
Member Since: 14 Dec 2008
Location: up that tree
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are you back on track leeser? one wife.......livid
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| 13th Mar 2010 9:22 am |
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wiggs
Member Since: 03 Sep 2006
Location: Manchester
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Thorgal
perfectly safe to do without the battery disconnection .
As said before though , let the car go to sleep G4 Gone ...but not forgotten
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| 13th Mar 2010 10:24 am |
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crews control
Member Since: 18 Mar 2007
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Have you seen what little voltage it requires to set an airbag unit off? I didn't realise these contained explosive until my local Volvo dealer offered to show one deployed. They weren't allowed to return old ones, and so bolted it to a workbench outside the back of the garage and touched the battery. The force lifted the whole workbench into the air... it would probably blow your whole hand off if you were holding it!!!
I wonder what will happen when all these cars with 6 or more airbags get old, and keen teenagers start taking them apart to fix - I suspect it'll become an issue in a few years as people start to blow bits off themselves.
 2005 D3 HSE
2011 D4 Landmark
2016 D4 HSE Lux
2017 Ford Tourneo VR46
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| 13th Mar 2010 12:39 pm |
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leeser23
Member Since: 15 Feb 2010
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Ad15 , yea thanks BUT I won't tell you how much it cost me!!!!
Oh well that,ll learn me 
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| 13th Mar 2010 3:34 pm |
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ad15
Member Since: 14 Dec 2008
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nooooooo, what happened??
 one wife.......livid
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| 13th Mar 2010 3:37 pm |
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wiggs
Member Since: 03 Sep 2006
Location: Manchester
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did you have to buy a new clock spring (rotary coupler ) ? G4 Gone ...but not forgotten
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| 13th Mar 2010 3:45 pm |
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thorgal
Member Since: 26 Nov 2008
Location: on the east side
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Thanks Wiggs...that will make my fix a lot quicker  ...
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| 13th Mar 2010 9:00 pm |
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leeser23
Member Since: 15 Feb 2010
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well in my effort to remove the black (right hand plug) I managed to pull a wire out. Slipped with pliers I guess
Because I'am a stubin old git I basicaly knackered that black plug!!!
Because it plugs into the air bag I did'nt want to risk repairing it as I did'nt want it going off in my wifes or mine face so I thought I'd better replace it.
Lets just say it was MORE than the kin steering wheel !!!
Lesson, NEVER do things on a Friday evening and having to finish the job with a tourch!!!
On a plus side I love the new wheel !!!
Oh well live & learn!!
Leeser
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| 13th Mar 2010 10:21 pm |
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wiggs
Member Since: 03 Sep 2006
Location: Manchester
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You might aswell sell the wheel and get a heated one now ...the new clock spring will have the extra plug for powering the heated wheel ...
Heated wheel about £7 more than the smooth ones G4 Gone ...but not forgotten
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| 13th Mar 2010 10:32 pm |
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