David1965

Just bought some, they were good value and look the business. Nice to find a bargain.

I've just been out to have a look and its the switch for the door locks, hazard lights and another with a skidding car symbol and guess what, they don't work now. Looks like it will all have to come apart again tomorrow, what a fool.

When I had the radio out I came across some spare wires, does anyone know what they are for?

I've reconnected the wires and fitted a switch which will be temporary until i get the replacement ignition switch fitted at some point. I have had to connect to the battery side as i don't want to start cutting more wires, its the wrong thing to do really as I need to re enter the radio code when the switch is turned off but it will only be once a day.

Ok I will order the multimeter it looks like it will come in handy. I won't be able to do any more work on it now until tomorrow evening, i will keep this thread updated as I go along.

Just to confuse things a bit more, prior to me cutting the wires I had removed fuse F18 (20amp) from the primary fuse box under the steering wheel and this did not seem to cause anything else not to work other than the radio. Now looking at fig 01.3 this fuse has a brown & red wire coming from It then splitting into 2 brown and green wires. The diagram shows it going to 2 boxes numbered 82 & 83, i'm assuming here one is the radio. I have just checked the plug that i removed from the back of the radio and there is a brown & green wire. I think maybe i should cut this one and see what happens, any thoughts.

I think I won't be looking for employmemt with the EOD. I'm not familiar with electrics so i don't know what you mean by B+, i do not have any electric testing equipment either. What is the audio module.

I have now cut the nearest yellow wire nearest to the red & white wire which appears to be fc949, but radio still on.

Because i'm impatient I have cut both of the red and white wires and both are wrong. My aircon doesn't work now so i'll have to rejoin these wires somehow. I need more advice please.

Just to confuse things there are 2 red and white wires. One is thicker than the other so confused.

I have checked the scemayic for mine and it looks like the ignition supply to mine is FC94 2 which is showing WR (WHITE&RED) I think. I will post diagram below. Any thoughts please before i cut any wires.

I have got the radio out and there are 3 plain yellow wires on the top row of the plug, anyway of identifying the correct yellow wire.

Much appreciated, I will let you know how i get on.

Well the radio stayed off for a whole day but came back on this afternoon, it is definately something to do with the ignition switch. I would like to put an on/off switch in between the supply from the ignition switch and radio and not the cjnstant live from the battery. So can anyone advise me which wire it will be at the rear if the radio.

Hi, I have tried your scenario and the radio stays switched off, it normally comes back on some time later of its own accord. I have checked it 30 minutes later and is still off, i will check again in an hour or so.

Thank you for your reply, that all makes sense. Do you mean by the ignition switched supply that it will be the other live feed i mentioned or could it be the radio unit itself, as you said if it is switched off then it should be disabled.

I recently bought a 2002 2.5 s type, i immediately bought a new battery as i was told the one fitted needed replacing as it wouldn't hold its charge. The day after i got it home the new battery was dead. I got it started by an RAC man but the following day the same thing happened again. Only this time i had noticed something when coming home after a walk with the dog, i noticed the radio had turned itself on. I done a bit of research on the internet and it pointed to the ignition switch being the cause,apparently a micro switch doesnt switch off and causes the radio to come back on. I went out to the car and turned on the radio with the engine running then turned off the radio then took the key out of the ignition. After a few minutes the radio came back on. I removed the fuse to the radio for the time being to save my battery. So i went and bought a replacement ignition from a breakers yard and found it wouldn't work without being programmed so i discounted this now due to cost. My plan now is to fit an on off switch between the live on the radio. My problem is now i'm not sure which wire to break into as there is a constant live and another live described as a live for the radio accessories, can anyone advise me on this please. Thanks in advance.

I have just bought an 2002 2.5 s type quite cheaply. As expected it has a few problems to sort out. It needed a rear brake pipe fitting and needs gearbox cooler pipes fitting as they are leaking. In addition i have fitted a driver seat base yesterday as the original would not move backwards and forwards. The seat bolster is ripped so hope to get that repaired in the next few days. I also have a battery drain problem which i will post elsewhere on the forum. Hope this forum is as friendly as others i have been on in the past, bike forums etc. I am from Teesside, wonder if there any other locals on here. Can someone let me mnow how to post pictures please.