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by cliffk
Thu Feb 14, 2019 7:42 pm
Forum: Electrical System and Diagnostics
Topic: More Gremlins
Replies: 25
Views: 15072

Re: More Gremlins

Thanks for the advice yes just soldering and heat shrink was my other option got talked into the crimps anyway they're an option, also I have noticed there are some 2 into 1 cables hopefully they won't all part company with the connector while I'm handling them
by cliffk
Thu Feb 14, 2019 5:54 pm
Forum: Electrical System and Diagnostics
Topic: More Gremlins
Replies: 25
Views: 15072

Re: More Gremlins

Been looking at the problem again today and it looks like the corrosion starts where the cable enters the connector, called at my local breakers they had a same year vehicle in but a saloon not an estate I got the connector and good lengths of cable from it but looking at this alongside mine some ca...
by cliffk
Wed Feb 13, 2019 10:39 pm
Forum: Electrical System and Diagnostics
Topic: More Gremlins
Replies: 25
Views: 15072

Re: More Gremlins

Makes some sense I do have memory drivers seat and the memory wasn't working
by cliffk
Wed Feb 13, 2019 10:18 pm
Forum: Electrical System and Diagnostics
Topic: More Gremlins
Replies: 25
Views: 15072

Re: More Gremlins

Whoops typo in previous post Beige cable is marked 6394 :!: :!: :!:
by cliffk
Wed Feb 13, 2019 10:14 pm
Forum: Electrical System and Diagnostics
Topic: More Gremlins
Replies: 25
Views: 15072

Re: More Gremlins

On mine the blue connector in the photo has a bunch of cables going into one half but only 3 connections (cables and pins) in the other half these are the 2 beige cables and the one white (1 beige and 1 white have come adrift)
by cliffk
Wed Feb 13, 2019 9:09 pm
Forum: Electrical System and Diagnostics
Topic: More Gremlins
Replies: 25
Views: 15072

Re: More Gremlins

just had a look at the cables cant see 7010 on the big connector cables but it must be there the cables are tight together.

the cables into the blue connector are 1 beige cable marked 6349, 1 beige cable no marking, 1 white cable marked 8604
by cliffk
Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:04 pm
Forum: Electrical System and Diagnostics
Topic: More Gremlins
Replies: 25
Views: 15072

Re: More Gremlins

cutting the wired one at a time and soldering them and covering with heat shrink doesnt sound a bad idea it will remove the water ingress problem and I doubt very much that I will ever need to disconnect these junctions in the future. Will give that some thought, fortunately this is a third car in m...
by cliffk
Wed Feb 13, 2019 5:05 pm
Forum: Electrical System and Diagnostics
Topic: More Gremlins
Replies: 25
Views: 15072

Re: More Gremlins

wet connectors.jpg
detrached cables.jpg
by cliffk
Wed Feb 13, 2019 4:30 pm
Forum: Electrical System and Diagnostics
Topic: More Gremlins
Replies: 25
Views: 15072

Re: More Gremlins

Found the connections under the carpet the foam on the carpet is really wet Connections don't look too good and also 2 cables parted company with their metal end as I moved the connector to clean it I can't see how to re attach the cables to their metal end. Could this be my abs open circuit? I thin...
by cliffk
Tue Feb 12, 2019 4:02 pm
Forum: Electrical System and Diagnostics
Topic: More Gremlins
Replies: 25
Views: 15072

Re: More Gremlins

Thanks for that steve I've also got an abs fault which is showing as open circuit rear left all accessible connections have been checked and someone mentioned there is a connector under the carpet. When I got the car it had been standing for almost a year and the drivers carpet felt damp and it did ...
by cliffk
Mon Feb 11, 2019 10:27 pm
Forum: Electrical System and Diagnostics
Topic: More Gremlins
Replies: 25
Views: 15072

More Gremlins

2001 406 110 HDI I am getting a strange intermittent problem, after the car has been standing for a couple of days, when the ignition is turned on there is a rapid ticking sound which stops when the engine starts also there is the pinging sound that happens when a message is flashed on the screen an...
by cliffk
Wed Jan 23, 2019 4:43 pm
Forum: Electrical System and Diagnostics
Topic: PP2000 help
Replies: 21
Views: 13938

Re: PP2000 help

PP2000 update.....It is up and running :cheesy: :cheesy: :cheesy: Using my old XP lap top I removed everything I had downloaded / installed, did a fresh download of Lexia and PP2000 from Mrv6's download site and attempted to install again following the supplied instructions, failed and failed again,...
by cliffk
Sun Jan 06, 2019 3:08 pm
Forum: Electrical System and Diagnostics
Topic: PP2000 help
Replies: 21
Views: 13938

Re: PP2000 help

Not having much luck with the downloads from MrV6 software site. Lexia- I have got as far as getting the Citroen shortcut icon on my desktop but clicking on that and following the included installation instructions I get to a screen that says validation required I cannot install it further, installa...
by cliffk
Thu Jan 03, 2019 5:09 pm
Forum: Electrical System and Diagnostics
Topic: PP2000 help
Replies: 21
Views: 13938

Re: PP2000 help

Hi Peter I now have 2 406's one of which I have had for 8 years the engine management light is on so I thought getting the PP2000 would be helpful on both cars eventually. hopefully I will get the software running and be able to use it. I have no idea why the engine management light is on there is n...
by cliffk
Wed Jan 02, 2019 11:08 pm
Forum: Electrical System and Diagnostics
Topic: PP2000 help
Replies: 21
Views: 13938

Re: PP2000 help

Panic over (for the moment) eventually located and went to MrV6 software page and found Lexia 3.45 rar and PP2000 rar currently downloading the RAR files so hopefully they are what I need