drfeelgood73 Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 There I was reading through all the instructions for fitting the new wing mirror foldy in mod from Flyboy, planning it with the wife and kids in mind.... Door card off....... Easy Wiring loom layout and familiarisation .......Easy Disconnecting of the battery.......Easy Connecting in the wires.......Easy But then........ Whilst doing the mod it was really windy, so closed the bonnet to stop it wobbling around.... Just about to do the last bit , connecting in the wire behind the speaker, when the good wife called me in for tea.... No problem.... I thought........lol Door closed .... In for tea.... But as it turned out ,by the time tea was over and the kids wanted to play on the wii, I decided to leave the last little bit till this morning..... Bright and breezy but bloody snowy and cold out I went to....... Ah...... With the battery disconnected and the hood down...... The door card removed..... How do you open the door.......???? Well you have to jack the car up....... Remove the wonderful aluminium under tray...... Reach up and try to pull the bonnet catch , whilst becoming a snowman...... Bonnet open, tray back on , return car to the ground and finish that so called 20 minute job you told the wife it would be 2 hours before...... At least it gave me a chance to check for any oil, and general condition under there.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will370z Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 I bet you wont do that again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Opps - O well at least it's all sorted now Did mine yesterday - would have been quicker if I read the bit about the purple wire behind the speaker but I sat there looking at the switch for 10mins then read post one again on the thread - whipped the speaker of found the wire - jobs a good un Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 excellent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblock Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 At least it's sorted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 i just ordered a re count.....votes have been re counted.....still a numpty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 i just ordered a re count.....votes have been re counted.....still a numpty It's unanimous now, pmsl though and kudos to you for admitting it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drfeelgood73 Posted February 4, 2013 Author Share Posted February 4, 2013 Now that I am all thawed out I can have a good laugh..... But many a cursed word was spoken at the time... The mod works perfectly, well worth the hassle.... Will honestly say as well...... Disconnecting the battery is definitely the way to go when resetting the ecu light... I tried the bloody peddle dance about 20 times.... Could I get the damn thing to start blinking and reset.... Yes I had a stopwatch..... Cleaned the throttle and maf sensor as well whilst all the good stuff was off, surprisingly clean.... Well that's my bits done for now.... Back to the drawing board for the rest.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Best story in a long while!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyboy Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Glad you sorted it in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bounty Bar Kid Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humpy Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Brillaint story and fair play for admitting it, sounds like the sort of thing I would d o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 It's only February but already bookmakers are refusing to take bets on you being Numpty Of The Year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 OUCH...!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bounty Bar Kid Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Z Hopeful to Numpty of the year in 58 posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drfeelgood73 Posted February 5, 2013 Author Share Posted February 5, 2013 Just starting to wonder whether the Numpty award is for doing it.... Or admitting to doing it.....lol Must admit , it takes a special kind of fool to get this status so quickly....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Just starting to wonder whether the Numpty award is for doing it.... Or admitting to doing it.....lol Must admit , it takes a special kind of fool to get this status so quickly....... Doing it in the first place = numpty Admitting it on here = numpty of the year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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