New 16v, few niggles

[rubjonny]

Yeah all the seat wiring to the switches etc is internal, all you need to do is power them up

If you wire sumething wrong, it should blow the fuse before anything else, which is why you need to make sure the wiring you run to the seats has an inline fuse   I'm not sure what rating fuse the seats need though!

[mutant]

argh, its beginning to sound more and more complicated.  I'll give it a blast anyway, worst i can do is electricute myself 

[mutant]

Right, got round to checking the central locking today.  Got the door card off and everything, and all the rods are connected to the pump (which works when the door is locked with a key).  Any ideas on what i should do next?  Looks like the pump is working, but isnt making anything else lock.  Also, the electric mirrors aren't working either (it's ok cos they're set alright for me, bit annoying though) so I'm guessing it could be something to do with wiring to the drivers door?  Sound about right?  All the wires look ok though, they seem to be ok at a superficial level at least.  Looks like its a lost cause unless my wiring theory is way off base, i can bodge a household plug but i don't think i wanna start fiddling with wires to the car.  Any thoughts/ideas would be greatfully appreciated.

Thanks

Lee

[EsSeX dAn]

in that case it could just be some conneector has uunclipped somewhere.do they have a connector atall leading into the door?if yes this could be the fault.check to tightness.have you checked any other fuses atall?if not,(i know its tedious but it could fix it)pull out each fuse individually and check them?

[Bluefox]

If all the electrics aren't working on that door, could it be to do with a bad earth as opposed to a bad +ve feed? Each circuit - i.e. c/l and e/m - probably has a different +ve wire going to each, as they're independantly controlled. If there's an electrical fault with two seperate circuits in the same section, could it not be the earth?
Just a thought.

[rubjonny]

I thin when you have CL & leccy mirrors, they all run to a common power feed, so peel back the rubber boot between the car body&door and look for damaged wires.

[mutant]

Which fuse is central locking or the mirrors??  Didn't say on the fusebox cover.  It's an '89 if that helps.  The mirrors i'm not bothered about, i can move them by hand, the only reason i want it sorting is because the boot lock is dodgy and has to be permanently locked, and i dont want some little scally walking past and pissing in my petrol tank.  On my 8v, the central locking locks the drivers door first and you can hear the pump working as its locks everything else.  On the 16v you can't even hear the pump, the only reason i know it work's is the fact i've watched it with the door card off.  Can i just rip the main pump from the 8v and see if it makes everything work?

Cheers

Lee

P.S.  Drivers door has dropped, and i tightened up the bolts but all this has done has made the door stiff, hasnt actually raised it at all.  Best way to sort the door out?

[rubjonny]

If its a pre CE2 model (hazard switch on dash) then cl is fuse #3, but its also for the radio & interior lights so prob not that. Leccy mirrors are fuse #12

[mutant]

No, not the fuse, replaced fuse #3 the other day when fitting a stereo (an hour of wondering why i wasnt getting power when hardwired, eventually twigged that i should check the fuses).  I'll check fuse #12 later.  which wires leading into the drivers door is for central locking?  And where does it lead?  Don't really like wiring problems, was just hoping i'd need the master pump replacing or something :/

Lee

[rubjonny]

its something like red, & red/white IIRC!

Here's the wiring for the electric mirrors so you can check them too: