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16-08-2010, 02:57 PM
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pursuit ute baby
Join Date: Jun 2010
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hey guys, i had my au xr8 s2 neg terminal off for around 45 minutes while doing an 02 sensor change.
hooked her back up, ready to enjoy the smooth ride and the car had a small "t" symbol on the instrument cluster where the ODO normally is... after turning the ignition barrel completely off and back on, the t disappeared. but it comes back each time i take the terminal off trying to check connections etc... went to start it, and it didnt crank at all. battery was fine. have tried unlocking/locking the car, entering the stereo pin, checked the terminals, they are solid connection... all auxilleries work fine im really stumped and have a brick for a car.. i have work tomorrow.. ford had no idea, anyone here able to shed some light? desperate.. cheers. |
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16-08-2010, 03:35 PM
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pursuit ute baby
Join Date: Jun 2010
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a tiny 1 mm cable was loose.. where the positive pickup is...
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16-08-2010, 03:36 PM
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Just another mock-up..
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: In an AU Fairlane somewhere...
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hahahaha...
I was thinking it was going to be something small... Was going through the workshop manuals to find something.. Good to see it sorted!!!
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16-08-2010, 10:16 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne
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The "t" in the lcd panel after you connect your battery is to say that it is a tickford dash/cluster, a fairmont will say "fair" so thats normal.
When i disconnect the battery and reconnect, it does the same thing, you turn the ignition to start, to crank, it does its checks and everything lights up, the "t" or "fair" in my case as i have a T series cluster, but it wont crank or start, it will do all checks and make sure all is good, you then switch off and restart and it will crank/fire. |
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16-08-2010, 10:19 PM
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Just another mock-up..
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: In an AU Fairlane somewhere...
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there you go....
I actually did this today after re-installing my cluster.. Came up with fair, then I switched key off and back on and started the car... I've never tried starting it when it says "fair".. I'm gonna give it a shot next time and see.. That's pretty cool really.. Great info Phil...
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Desire isn't driven by the heart, the mind or the wallet. Desire comes from another place. It's created by the smell of burnt fuel under full throttle and the look a car gives you when you're washing it alone at night... see my car here: Built my own TL50!!! [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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16-08-2010, 10:20 PM
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pursuit ute baby
Join Date: Jun 2010
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youre a man of great wisdom phil... the ford fellas had no idea what the 't' on my dash even meant. thanks for the explanation
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16-08-2010, 10:34 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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No probs mate.
Do the ford fellas even know that they build fords? hahahaha |
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16-08-2010, 10:44 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Western Australia
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My TS comes up with "falr" when you reconnect the battery. Ignition off then on again and it's right. I thought it was F A L R as in "failure?"
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16-08-2010, 10:50 PM
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Club Moderator
 Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Tas
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yeah i got caught with the same thing on my old XR8, that came up with 't' and it took a bit to work it out. My TS comes up with 'fair'
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16-08-2010, 10:53 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne
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Nah it will be mean fairmont in LCD numerals, if you pull out your cluster it will say fairmont on the sticker on top as the series 1/2 TE/TS's had fairmont clusters with the silver fascias to make then T series clusters as they were based on fairmonts and fairmont ghias.
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au wont start after battery disc. - t on cluster
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