Harky Wrote:Not sure if there is a relay for the central locking? Someone will confirm.

Normal problem with the central locking is broken wires in the door looms, normally leaves it locking and unlocking again. Could have been dodgy and then the previous owner got fed up with it and disconnected all the wiring in the doors?

pistolpete Wrote:collected the pug tonight after needing a car i can travel long distances and although the suzuki was great fun off roading it wasnt a practical daily driver so i collect myself a nice black phase one all in all a happy guy. now the first annoying problem is the central locking, no matter which lock you lock it with it doesnt activate the central locking, have checked all the fuses and nothing. which relay should i check?
any help would be appreciated, thanks.

pistolpete Wrote:well had a look this morning and the door loom is buggered so going to pull the loom off of my old phase 2 (the one i rolled) and solder that in and i will take a picture of the crap boost gauge install before i rip it out.... the wires come out of the passenger door and the pipe comes out of the drivers door.... i wish people would do things properly!

pistolpete Wrote:a couple of pics... it has orange wheels unfortunately and i think the rear beam is worn too as the wheels scrub and even with cyclones its pretty damn close, also i think it has been maintained by mickey mouse you should see the state of some of the jobs that have been done!

Ed_van_Dijk Wrote:This came from Norwich/Yarmouth way right? Orange spoiler too?

pistolpete Wrote:yeah thats it i picked it up from acle, got any history on it? or just seen it about? and did the owner have huge ears and a girlfriend called minnie?

Dan! Wrote:

Ed_van_Dijk Wrote:This came from Norwich/Yarmouth way right? Orange spoiler too?

If its the one I think it is, then yes. A guy local round here had it for a while, then sold it to somebody I know quite well in Acle, who recently had it up for sale.

I had a look round it and under the bonnet a few weeks back and I have to agree, some stuff has been pretty badly bodged, but nothing that a few hours work cant fix

If you want any work or tuning done on it Pete, you know where I am

Ben Jay Wrote:i had a 1.6 16v vitara.
Got just about 33 mpg out of it just using it on motorways. still have a set of bull bars i need rid of lol

pistolpete Wrote:thanks dan yeah the guy i bought it from was his dad and he said his son had the mechanical knowledge of a woman....which made me chuckle. but all the work and bodges were done by the previous owner i think.

also i think silly stuff has been done like the wrong size ball joint put in meaning the inside of a nearly new tyre is worn out. but like you say nothing that a few hours wont sort!

Dan! Wrote:

pistolpete Wrote:thanks dan yeah the guy i bought it from was his dad and he said his son had the mechanical knowledge of a woman....which made me chuckle. but all the work and bodges were done by the previous owner i think.

also i think silly stuff has been done like the wrong size ball joint put in meaning the inside of a nearly new tyre is worn out. but like you say nothing that a few hours wont sort!

Haha, yeah that sounds like him But your right, he's only had the car a few months and hasnt really done much or changed anything, all the bodges were from previous owners.

And the guy asked me a week or so ago about doing a bottom ball joint for him, and I said I could (for a price) but he obviously did it himself



Needs a bosch pump............

Mowle5677 Wrote:btw it has been runnning veg oil on a lucas :S

mark_airey Wrote:

Mowle5677 Wrote:btw it has been runnning veg oil on a lucas :S

Oh well, the lack of optimism earlier perhaps wasn't so misplaced after all! get that spare engine at the ready

Dan! Wrote:Mowle, my battery just died, hence the phone call cutting short!

Pete, youv got your work cut out here, but im sure its all do-able - just keep another black phase1 alive! :romance-inlove: