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Hi. Make sure that the yellow power wire is a constant feed, not the Acc feed. Cheers MD

Hi. BA/BF and FG can all be locked when using a turbo timer no matter how it is wired in, you just use the key in that little slot in the door handle. Or if you wire it up the right way (or is that my way) you can use the remote during the time that the timer is operating. Cheers MD

Hi. Does that mean that I cant run the cop chip on my N/A work ute? Cheers MD

Hi. If you are going to use just one coil to wire the tach adaptor in to you may as well just use the negative from one coil and set the "insert device here" to .5 pulses per rev (one pulse per two revs). The autometer unit gives 3 pulses per rev that gives a nice clean signal and a fast enough pulse rate at idle to stop a tach nedle bouncing arourd. Cheers MD

Hi. Do not connect the accessories wire from the turbo timer to accessories, you only use it to make the relay switch. If you want to sit in the car and listen to the radio you dont need to use the turbo timer. Cheers MD

Hi. The factory type sunroof earths in the roof and has both a constant power feed and an ignition power feed so that the roof can auto close after you turn the key off. Cheers MD

Hi. Get your sparky to contact "Dynamco" in perth. there is a workround for this problem. Cheers MD

Hi. Two questions back at you------ Do you know what brand of alarm it is? and how long after setting alarm or more to the point how long after turning off the ignition does it go off? Some "upgrade" alarms (vision and antitheft) require the icc to be removed and if they didnt reset the connector on the back they may have bent a pin in the plug. The other problem may be due to the powersave feature where the car shuts down the power to the interior lights and boot light after 20 minutes and some alarms will see this as a door open or boot open trigger if the alarm is not wired the right way. Cheers MD

Hi. If its the color screen its in screen saver mode, just hold the power button for 10 seconds and all should be good. Cheers MD

Hi. Not even called a chev motor any more. The correct term is "GM POWERPLANT". How boring is that. Cheers MD

Hi. Mount the autometer tach adapter on the firewall using one stud for the ABS one one side and 2 short self tappers on the other and then run the two red wires and the earth wire toward the front of the car to the multi pin plug near the ECU. On the engine side of the plug locate a heavy red/green (pinky red and pale green) wire and cut this wire about 50 mm from the plug. Join the plug side (ecu side) to the red wire and the engine side to the red/black wire and then run the earth wire across toward the ECU and earth it on the stud that secures the AC pipe behind the ECU. The gray wire can either run across the engine bay with the brake pipes or down to the grommet below the glovebox. All done. Cheers MD

Hi. Coffey Ford in Dandenong did my BA a couple of years ago, fitting a new barrel and programming 2 keys ( I supplied the parts ) and only charged me $120 after quoting me $80. Ram locksmiths wanted $100 so I went with the cheap quote and got screwed by fraud. At least they did my sunroof recall and washed the car for nothing. I believe it takes about half an hour for them to do as they cant program the key the moment they plug in the WDS machine as this is to slow down anyone trying to steal a car. Cheers MD

Hi. It should have one white wire for left signal input, one red wire for right signal input two earths and a switch wire. try joining the two orange/blacks to each other and see if the aux function works, if not look for a black wire and join it to the orange black wires. this point is also signal earth. Cheers MD

Hi. Give DEI in tullamarine a call and get the details on the can-bus upgrade. Cheers MD

Hi. hinge mounting is easy. first off check that lid sits ok on top of tub then pull back on lid so that you can hang hinges on the tongue on front of lid and push back in to place, when square and in the right position lift the back and open tailgate and close lid and check position again then crawl in and fit 1 or 2 screws and again check the fit and if all is good fit remaining screws. Next work out the closed length of the rams and with the lid closed measure back from the mounts on the lid then add 25 to 25 mm and mount the ram to the side as high as possible. this way as you close the lid it pushes the lid into the hinge slots. cheers MD

Hi. The viper bypass module can be one of two types the early one has a key reader and a loop antenna that goes round the factory key barrel. What you do is get a spare key cut and then program it to the car ( could just get an old key from any ba and program it by using an external switch set up) and this key is put in a small box with a key reader in it, when the alarm tries to remote start the car it activates the key reader and sends the code to the factory immobilizer through the loop antenna allowing the car to start. The newer type actualy reads the signal going from the factory key reader to the bcm and when the alarm tries to start the car it sends the signal to the bcm. Both are fairly safe as anyone trying to bypass the system has to deal with the alarm going off. Cheers MD

Hi. Did they hook it up so that you can lock the car when the turbo timer is running? Cheers MD

Hi. you could use something like the clarion mechless unit ( http://www.clarion.com/au/en/products/2010/audio/source_unit/bluetooth_usb/FZ709A/au-en-product-pf_1259413421283.html ) in the tissue box as a permanent fitting and use the usb cable to access memory sticks etc and the rear aux in to the roof screen and the line level out to the ford aux in. Or let the kids look out the windows and learn a bit about our great land like me and my siblings did in our childhood. Cheers MD

Hi. If the idle is rough and gets worse the longer that it idles get them to check for a crook inlet manifold gasket, just had to do mine at 170,000k, took about 2 hours to fix. Cheers MD

Hi. I believe it is possible, the man to contact is ORSMBA (Matt)on this forum or you can fit a Viper 2 door window lift module (dei 530 t) and get one touch windows both up and down and window lift on locking. Cheers MD

Hi. Hot off the internet is a sunroof recall for hollandia 700 series and 900 series because the glass becomes unstuck from the tracks. See here http://www.sunroofcheck.com/ and also check on other ford forum sites for fords recall of the same series of sunroofs. Cheers MD

Hi. and check out this test . Cheers MD

Hi. there are two options, the easy one for the BA is to get a switch from a sedan with 4 power windows which has the auto down on the drivers window and put the top of your switch on with only two buttons, but I dont know if this will work on the FG. The other one which will work on all cars is a viper 2 door lift module ( http://www.viper.com/P-530T/Window-Automation-System ) which gives you one touch up and down on both windows on the drivers switch ( can be wired to give passengers switch one touch but need to run wires from switch in door back to module then back to passengers door- easier to just put module in drivers door and let the passenger suffer) and can be hooked up to locking to roll up windows on locking (more features available when hooked up to a viper alarm ( I.e. use sedan remote on ute maybe and if boot release function can be accessed roll down windows a set amount on hot days ). Cheers MD

Hi. The AU/BA/BF/FG canopy's are all the same from carryboy but the FG has a different fitting kit as it needs a deeper seal across the top of the front bulkhead. Cheers MD

Hi. Had no specific issues with jump starting BA fords but if the battery if totally flat any car can be a real pXXCk to jump start. With a lot of modern battery chargers you still need to have over 6 or 7 volts in them so the safety relay can pull in and connect the charger part of the circuit with the battery. fuse for the sun roof is a line fuse in the fuse box inside the car and after the battery is changed the limits need to be set so the auto close works again. Cheers MD