Helppppp!

[liamowen123]

i took my dials off to change the LED's and when i was removing the air bag and steering wheel i seen this thing below http://i821.photobucket.com/albums/zz132/liamowen_2010/Picture249.jpg

there are 2 copper wires in it what is it? and its broken and when the wires touched the car will now not start and i have checked the fuses and all are ok what can i doo :(

this is what it looks like close up, i tryd to tape the wires so they wouldnt touch!

http://http://i821.photobucket.com/albums/zz132/liamowen_2010/Picture248.jpg

[liamowen123]

http://i821.photobucket.com/albums/zz132/liamowen_2010/Picture248.jpg

[liamowen123]

on the first photo its the center bit with the air bag wire coming out of it thats the thing that the copper wires are coming out of! :( HELPP car wont start at all no electrics are working

[liamowen123]

anyone ??? does anyone know what that little circular thing is? can i just chop it off and why wont my car start has it blown a fuse orr??? HELP IM IN DEEP SHIT

[liamowen123]

http://i821.photobucket.com/albums/zz132/liamowen_2010/Picture246.jpg

[liamowen123]

i have tape on it there but there are 2 bare copper wires running from it to the orange wire for the airbag! ??

[Jordysport]

Should of disconnected the battery, it might of activated the airbag system.

Open the bonnet and on the top far right hand side there is a Big red Button. Try and push it. it.

that thing you were talking about is the Self canceller/airbag module.

[liamowen123]

i will go down now and try it what happens then ? if the wires touch again? or can i remove them completele?

[liamowen123]

i removed the battery but when i went to test the bulbs again after re soldering they didnt work so i tryd again and again and on the 3rd time this happend :(

[Jordysport]

Well its your airbag module so if you want to have no airbag then go ahead it shouldn't do any harm, upto you though. and it acts as a self canceller for the indicators so you won't get that anymore.

[liamowen123]

just pressed it turned the keys and still no joy :(

[Jordysport]

ok may sound silly but is your battery connected?? lol forgot to reconnect it?? and what does it do does the lights illuminate?? Do your Hazard lights work?

[liamowen123]

what do you mean i wont get the anymore? no more indicators?

[liamowen123]

no mate the battery is conected "/

[liamowen123]

and no lights aluminate nothing works atall!!

[Jordysport]

what do you mean i wont get the anymore? no more indicators?

the Self Canceller won't work if you remove that item, so when you indicate it wont cancel by itself you will have to take the indicator off.

[Jordysport]

and no lights aluminate nothing works atall!!

Sounds like a battery problem, check the condition of the connections on the battery. and check the voltage in the battery. :y:

[liamowen123]

awhh rite i get you ! so if i had a steering wheel that came without and airbag would i have to cancel them myslef then aswell?

[holdawayt]

when you replace the module there's a little cog with an orange arrow on it. make sure the orange arrows line up when you replace it. Dont know why that's important but it was mentioned in the haynes manual.

[liamowen123]

just went down wire brushed the conection points and re conected and still no fuckin joy !!! omg i think i have screwd my car form jsut wanting to change my dash lights!!

[liamowen123]

when you replace the module there's a little cog with an orange arrow on it. make sure the orange arrows line up when you replace it. Dont know why that's important but it was mentioned in the haynes manual.

where can i buy one of thoes modules ?i think mines brown bread and my ciurcit board for my dials "/ one huge fuck up this has turned out to be!

[holdawayt]

wow, never heard of anyone mess up a bulb change this badly. you sir deserve a medal! when i changed my dials i held the airbag module (round thing) in one hand and followed the orange cable behind it until it reached the orange clip. unclipped that and pulled it all out to withdraw it. the two wires you're on about should really be insulated.

[holdawayt]

go to a scrap yard, wont cost much

[liamowen123]

and if i buy a new one the car will start again ?

[liamowen123]

rite just had another look and found that the battery is not giving out any power at all ! so i have poped that on charge but what could have caused it to stop woring??

and with the round thing i have taken in out by the clip like holdawayt said and am now going to cut and re solder the wires back on the points and re place the broken pice of plastic that came off it as i found it on the floor under my pedals

[liamowen123]

as for the LED's i have soilders them on 50 diffrent ways and none of them seemd to work ! i tested each bulb and they are all fine but just wont light up on the dash power ? whyy ?

[holdawayt]

because the car has a dead battery

[liamowen123]

because the car has a dead battery

no the battery is fine now mate:) and i got 2 bulbs working ! lol wich is an improvement but i cant seem to get the others my car is a 1.1 and i looked at the way to put the LED's on a VTR but i only have 3 speedo things and there arnt that many LED's so what is the gernal rule positive up or down on the vertical or possitive right or left on sideway LED's?

[stevyj]

the longer leg on an led is the positve

[liamowen123]

the longer leg on an led is the positve

they havnt got legs mate they are flat :n:

[Stevo123]

Look here for polarity:

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=595865

You might need a multimeter to find out wchich connection is which on your dash or alternatively follow the "tracks" of the instrument wiring.

[liamowen123]

Look here for polarity:

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=595865

You might need a multimeter to find out wchich connection is which on your dash or alternatively follow the "tracks" of the instrument wiring.


what am i looking for if i follow the "tracks" any pics would be a grate help :y:

[marcusd]

to find the + and - on the leds use a multi meter, as for finding it on the circuit board the guy who did mine, who is a whizz with a solder iron said he wasn;t able to tell +and - on the board its self. but also said if your not de soldering the old leds properly and are soldering and resoldering same leds you could be cooking the leds so thats couls be one reason, or in worst case you may have cooked your circuit board

[liamowen123]

can you buy ones all redy done to plasma blue ? this is stupidly hard!

[marcusd]

guy on here does them, ryan_ i think. if u find him has the info in his sig.

[liamowen123]

how do i look him up? "/