fiestaturbo1984

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afteenoon folks. im in the process of stripping my 99 classic saloon to turn it into a fast road/track car however i have come to a standstill.

so far i have removed every trim part bar the dashboard, a pillar trims and front doorcards. i just went out to the car and my central locking isnt working, on remote or with key, interior lights innop, stereo caput. have checked fuses behind cubbyhole on dash, all are fine. have checked wires and connections of everything i removed to take out carpet etc, again all fine so does anybody have the foggiest idea what the ef i have done. any help much appreciated guys

pinkypurkhardt

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have you checked all the wiring to makesure you not bared any wires thats creating a short

pinkypurkhardt

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and did you disconnect the battery before starting stripping

fiestaturbo1984

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didnt disconnect batt as did not remove any electrical items other than window switches. have checked wires and cannot see anything but though its strange for only these items to not worl, as if they are on a link somehow. relay maybe?

mickywrx

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Tried putting your window switches back in?

pinkypurkhardt

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should always diconect the battery whatever your doing i lernt this the hard way when i accidently touched the connector of the alternator whith a screw driver that was touching the inlet manifold needless to say i had a big fooking shock lol and blew the main 80amp fuse had a nightmare trying to find another one 4 o'clock on a saturday pannicing with a remap booked on the monday morning lol. side tracking abit there but the point i was making you may have shorted somthing not knowing you did. only way you can test is to get ya multi meter out and and check at the switches then if there is no power getting to them use the halfing method

super_ted

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Have you checked the main fuse box in the engine bay also? As mentioned above you should of diconnected the battery first.

pinkypurkhardt

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yeah there is a few interior fuses in there

fiestaturbo1984

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well im not an amatuer mechanic lol, i do know what im doing with a set of spanners.i understand people cautions when dealing with electricity but if you know what you are doing then there shouldnt be a problem. if it was dealing with airbags or any other major electrical items then i would be cautious but i hope that subarus are made in a way that disconnecting a switch for a window should not render things useless.

anyway ive reconnected window switches to no avail. have been told could be down to the alarm switch on the bonnet?

fiestaturbo1984

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also thats not meant to come across as though im a **** lol but ive been on these forums a long time and ive seen many a time when somebody thinks that they can pick up a spanner and are automatically a master tech

pinkypurkhardt

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all i can think off then mate to give you a better idea is the old multi meter to see if power is getting to a certain point and then stoping other than that

fiestaturbo1984

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yeah think thats gonna have to be my next course of action.sodding thing, if this was a ford i could kick it and it would be fixed