I flipped my TC on in a line last night, was absolutely flooring it though, 2nd gear, remaps fault... That is a brilliant idea :D

Can always try me old mans method he uses when going to the fishing or gun shop, buys about 70% of the cost on the card then the rest in cash, then tells me mum that it only cost the amount he paid on the card! But even at the "cheaper" cost she still says it costs too much :D

Blimey that's busy, sounds good! If you don't find problems as you fix em its not a landy, and tell the missus you 'need' it all not want ;)

Oops on the thread, you're telling me! I left my teens on Tuesday now I feel like my life's over :D

Not chased em up since Monday, been bday week so not thought of it, going away this weekend so will carry on hunting on Monday! :)

Who's me mate? :P is the scary metal box movable to a safe spot?

Tell me more... ;)

Cheers mate I will be getting the shims to fatten it up later its just for the weekend they won't get here in time, the original clamps didn't tighten down properly either, might even strap it down its not gonna come off but leaving me paranoid

Fitted the new terminals the other day but still not 100%, all my wiring is done and working with stereo BUT the terminals on the battery are ever so slightly too small for the new clamps even at full tightening, the best ive managed is tightening the clamp fully then hammering it down onto the...

What sort of off roaring are you looking at doing? :)

Welcome aboard, thank Mr ice, it took me a year and a half to find out why my s3 diesel wouldnt start, and fix it, you're lucky ;) enjoy! got any pics?

Awesome nice one mr ice! You can check that earth now check it from terminal to engine, any corrosion damage, looseness or anything, might be worth replacing

The AA fella give up then did'ee? :D don't worry she aint dead, just cant be bothered, this happens, luckily youre only dealing with the not so complicated starting issue of a no crank diesel so could be worse! is the alarm you mentioned of any significance? not confident it would be the problem...

Got ya, are you sure the battery isn't to blame? just gotta make sure as its the easiest and most likely problem. How do you know the battery is good? A good battery still goes flat ;) Also check your terminals and electrical contact points, many times my battery looks good but its not even...

Can see how coils instead of leafies would make it smoother but wouldn't a whole other spring just make it even more stiff? Plus there's no where to mount that extra spring on the chassis, so would have to be fabricated? and if youre gonna do that then you might as well get rid of the leafs...

Is it diesel or petrol? sounds like if the starter motor is good then its turning over? bit more info will help, if its turning over then it is unlikely that its related to your after market alarm, unless that has some form of immobiliser or fuel cut off, which in an S3 i doubt!! without...

After a long while I'm nearly back to working on the ol girl, everything is ready to go and my daily discovery is up to standard so can get going again on the series soon. I've just taken the full gearbox into Cambridge where I did a course as a friend is going to be stripping and rebuilding it...

Any news?

Yeah haha I didn't mention that it was when started, just didn't bother writing it!

Yup mine does the same as yours! They all light up and go off, last ones to go out are SRS then seatbelt lights, then battery light. I have a red light that only comes when the handbrake is on, is it faulty? ;) I noticed this thread and thought, what could neilly possibly need help with?! Then...