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Postby motorwise » Mon May 01, 2006 9:05 pm

bondy wrote:is it in the same place on the mk 4 and 5 ?


smiley front onwards it's on the heater motor - all the earlier ones - yes
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Postby 100ps_drw_hicube » Mon May 01, 2006 9:06 pm

my dads van had it by the starter motor :? :? still rotted just as quick :evil:
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Postby motorwise » Mon May 01, 2006 9:08 pm

100ps_drw_hicube wrote:my dads van had it by the starter motor :? :? still rotted just as quick :evil:


I think thats why they brought them indoors in '95 :D
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Postby 100ps_drw_hicube » Mon May 01, 2006 9:08 pm

nope mk5's are under the bonnet his is a late 97!!
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Postby motorwise » Mon May 01, 2006 9:12 pm

100ps_drw_hicube wrote:nope mk5's are under the bonnet his is a late 97!!


one of mine is a '95 and it's screwed to the heater motor on that one - thought they all were at this age
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Postby gemini » Mon May 01, 2006 9:16 pm

motorwise wrote:
100ps_drw_hicube wrote:nope mk5's are under the bonnet his is a late 97!!


one of mine is a '95 and it's screwed to the heater motor on that one - thought they all were at this age


no, mines behind/below the o/s headlight
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Postby AndyG » Mon May 01, 2006 9:20 pm

I think you'll find that earlier vans had them on/near the fan motor and later ones behind the offside headlamp and don't confuse it with the dim dip resister :lol: :lol: :lol:
Haven't checked my 2000 model as it's still working :!: maybe they've moved it again :roll: :lol: :lol:
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Postby 100ps_drw_hicube » Mon May 01, 2006 9:23 pm

my 95 had it on the slam panel it's now been moved to the inner wing were it looks as new 8)
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Postby MarkM » Mon May 01, 2006 9:40 pm

Andyg wrote:I think you'll find that earlier vans had them on/near the fan motor and later ones behind the offside headlamp and don't confuse it with the dim dip resister :lol: :lol: :lol:
Haven't checked my 2000 model as it's still working :!: maybe they've moved it again :roll: :lol: :lol:



AndyG, yes they are very similar ;) but it was a coincidence the question about the lights with my post...reasoning was electrical and bad earth can have a knock on effect......think how many problems on this forum are a chaffed wire giving problems elsewhere.
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Postby AndyG » Mon May 01, 2006 9:52 pm

MarkM wrote:
Andyg wrote:I think you'll find that earlier vans had them on/near the fan motor and later ones behind the offside headlamp and don't confuse it with the dim dip resister :lol: :lol: :lol:
Haven't checked my 2000 model as it's still working :!: maybe they've moved it again :roll: :lol: :lol:



AndyG, yes they are very similar ;) but it was a coincidence the question about the lights with my post...reasoning was electrical and bad earth can have a knock on effect......think how many problems on this forum are a chaffed wire giving problems elsewhere.


Yeah I fully agree with you :!:
I had a poor melted connector and gave all sorts of wierd symptoms :roll:

But I had to mention the dim dip resi. as no one else has :idea:
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Postby Guy88 » Thu May 04, 2006 10:57 pm

Got a price for one today £38 + vat :shock:

Time to visit the scrappie :)
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Postby AndyG » Thu May 04, 2006 11:32 pm

Guy88 wrote:Got a price for one today £38 + vat :shock:

Time to visit the scrappie :)


That must have been for a gold plated one :lol: :lol: :lol:

Try ringing a place that does Ford spares :idea: Like I have "Tomos" near me. :D
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Postby gemini » Thu May 04, 2006 11:48 pm

Guy88 wrote:Got a price for one today £38 + vat :shock:

Time to visit the scrappie :)
should be £24 from ford, usually some on ebay
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Postby Guy88 » Sat May 06, 2006 2:54 pm

Got one today, fitted it but still no luck, replaced both connectors and tested it, still only off and fast.

chacked voltage at ends of both wires and reads 0 :( is there anything between the switch and resistor thay could be broken, i guess there is no separate fuse for the slower speeds :?:
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Postby crazyscoot » Sat May 06, 2006 5:29 pm

Guy88 wrote:Got one today, fitted it but still no luck, replaced both connectors and tested it, still only off and fast.

chacked voltage at ends of both wires and reads 0 :( is there anything between the switch and resistor thay could be broken, i guess there is no separate fuse for the slower speeds :?:

Have you checked that it has a good earth?
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