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Methinks they could not connect it up. Would need a length of fibre optic & some form of connection. Time money etc.
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Someone once said that there was a series of 4/4 wiring looms that had the wire too short so rather than extend it they just left it hanging behind the dash.
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Someone once said that there was a series of 4/4 wiring looms that had the wire too short so rather than extend it they just left it hanging behind the dash.  Cheers Peter, that's both amusing as a solution and sad that they would just bodge it on a hand built car
Cheers John
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John,
My 4/4 has an aftermarket immobiliser (According to Aus. Standards) fitted and the light is under the dash on the right. Guess it is just a convenient spot.
PS Nothing arrived as yet.
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John,
My 4/4 has an aftermarket immobiliser (According to Aus. Standards) fitted and the light is under the dash on the right. Guess it is just a convenient spot.
PS Nothing arrived as yet. Must be standard for here then That's Oz post these days - def on way
Cheers John
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It really sounds that the battery needs to be replaced. In order to avoid a flat battery I have installed a battery switch. This works excellently. So even if I do not use the car for two month the battery still keeps its power. And as a nice side effect it is a very efficient anti theft measure...
Karsten
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Be careful if the car already has such a switch some circuits by pass it like the clock & power to the ECU.
ECUs can loose their settings if power is removed.
Juuuuuuuust remove the plywood parcel shelf & you can se if it is bypased
JohnV6
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Just Getting Started
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Be careful if the car already has such a switch some circuits by pass it like the clock & power to the ECU.
ECUs can loose their settings if power is removed.
Juuuuuuuust remove the plywood parcel shelf & you can se if it is bypased Hmmh, the battery switch has been installed by a well known Morgan Garage and it works perfectly. And I have no clock... But thanks for your comment. I will check whether or not it is bypassed.
Karsten
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I once had a Triumph Spitfire and a previous owner wired in an under dash light without a fuse. It shorted & that was impressive. Luckily nothing else failed or caught fire.
Old story time..and thread drift alert... I had a convertible Herald 13/60 in my yoof and driving home one evening had the under dash wires drop down from behind the home fitted radio. I leant over at 50mph and used my left hand to tuck them back up & started off what looked like bonfire night..! Lesson learnt...fuses are cheap.
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ECU should not loose anything but trim values that'll be relearned once you drive it again.
Mark - No Longer driving Archie the Old English Sheep Mog........... 2010 Roadster 3.0 V6 (S3) 
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