S1 Rebuild(s)

[Dave Adams]

some pics of the rebuild process,

the top trailing arm bracket is broke......

the diff is sloping back a little (looking up) so that will need sorting.......

As you can see there isn't a lot of bracing in an S1 chassis, that will be sorted.

[Steve and Matt Pegrum]

There's all kinds of stuff about PATS keys on the web, but it all seems to require 2 keys and a bunch of on/off stuff on the car. So does this mean he cloned the original key chip rather than creating a new one?

Sounds like you have built the PATS sensor into the column like it supposed to be on a Mondeo - very neat. I worry about mine getting hotwired so I have a hidden battery isolator switch that I use as well - but that's a bit clunky and prevents the remote locking from working (on the Eagle RV that is!)

[Pete Clayton]

The bunch of on/off of the ignition is for reprogramming remote locking to a key

[Dave Adams]

I have used the pats system from the focus 60 pin ecu the things on the net are about reprogramming the keys when your locks and alarm go out of sync. I only need the immobiliser to disarm. For that all I need is the chip to be recognised by the ecu.

[Dave Adams]

interesting fault on my car.....the head lights are coming on when the car is running. but will go off if i switch the lights on and off again.....but only for a short while then they come on again...the main beam also comes on by its self when the lights are on.....odd i need to think what the issue is. i suspect at the moment it might be the dip/main steering column switch.

[Dave Adams]

but only the head lights not the dash lights or tail lights......

[Steve and Matt Pegrum]

Sides tail and dash are normally all the same circuit but dip and main are separate.

Yep sounds like s dodgy switch or wiring to me. What column do you have? (I've had related problems with Sierraswitches)

[Adrian Southgate]

Did the donor car have automatic lights? could be missing a light dependant switch somewhere.

[James Doulton]

Or maybe it thinks that the drivers door is open?

[Dave Adams]

Ecu is only running the engine.....lights are only controlled by my switches and the dip switch on the column. .....the lights are all relay switched via the earth cct. That earth cct runs via the dip switch......

[Dave Adams]

well this shake down period is showing up some minor faults..

the problem with the lights i think is water getting onto my fuses and relays.....need to find out where its getting in.

the car has developed a missfire when suddenly accelerated totally cuts out. ecu tells me nothing. so air leak? fuel pressure? or coil pack. i need to investigate.

if i accelerate less briskly its all ok.

not likely to be water for the missfire as the ecu electrics are on the other side of the car.

[Jim (across the pond) Adamek]

Dave, I ran into the same problem with my old girl. I discovered that the distributor old style points just were not working properly and replaced them with new electronic points and replaced the vacuum tube that goes from the distributor to the manifold. She ran great after I made these changes.  

[Dave Adams]

my car only has a crank sensor and a coil pack......

but i am checking the plugs and coil packs...