A couple of years ago I had someone turn up at my place with a Citroen DS wanting me to look at the spheres. Of course it wouldn't start after he pulled up............... "It does this sort of stuff all the time .... stuff intermittently working .... I think maybe it needs a new ignition switch".... So I popped the bonnet ............... And my brain just did one of those "**** me ..... don't say anything ..... just let him leave and don't say a word".... freak outs.Quote:
Originally Posted by grey_ghost
He explained that no-one in town could fix it as Citroens were so complicated. It probably should go to a specialist down in Melbourne.... I kept saying to myself "don't say anything .... just hope it gets out of here ...... don't say anything ..... FFS .... moron, don't say anything"............ So obviously I pointed at the horrific rats nest of poorly wrapped aftermarket wiring beside the battery and said "Has anyone checked that" ...... "No, why?" ............. I groaned ......... WHY DID I SAY ANYTHING. I unwound all the layers of insulation tape ........... and everything just fell apart in my hands as the insulation tape was removed. FFS: The bloody main power feed from the battery had been even hacked through. It was just a twisted together mess.
See what I mean ..... Your suppposed to just say nothing .... Do nothing .... pretend your blind. I ended up spending a couple of hours and chopped everything out .... fabricated a new wiring loom to go over to the altnerator and starter, fixed up the main power feed back into the dash. He was absolutely amazed ..... EVERYTHING WORKED :banana::banana: I must be a god damn magician right ? Bloody horrible complicated cars that bloody citroen things are to fix [bighmmm]
My first job on any car that I own is to snip out every wire that doesn't work and fix whatever is wrong with the circuits.
seeya,
Shane L.
