Talk about the 406's electrical system, what wires do what, how to add extra functionality, etc.
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by plod » Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:00 pm
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by Gary406 » Thu Feb 17, 2011 10:09 pm
FarmerPug wrote: if you dont mind me asking why is the bumper off the car?
bumper and lights have been off past 2 days mate .. i HAD (yes i can now say HAD) a water leak
under the bumper were the rear quater panels meet the back cross section was old seal that was all cracked so pulled it all out and resealed it all.
should be all done 2moro and fully sealed. thank %&*$
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by Gary406 » Thu Feb 17, 2011 10:10 pm
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by Doggy » Fri Feb 18, 2011 12:07 am
Can you get beige, leather-lined bumpers too?
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by FarmerPug » Fri Feb 18, 2011 1:18 am
hmm leather lined bumpers might not catch on, but why not bring back vynl rooves and do a biege lined roof, could you think of anything more hideous.
Gary your should become the leak expert, there is nothing you dont know about leaks.
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by lozz » Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:44 am
Gary406 wrote: found this while my bumper has been off. under drivers side rear cluster
is it for towbar electrics ?
the plug for the tow bar goes thru the left hand side on mine -mines factory fitted tow bar,
maybe its for a reverse sensor
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by FarmerPug » Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:49 am
on the issue of towing who has the licence to tow a trailer?
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by lozz » Sun Feb 20, 2011 1:14 am
FarmerPug wrote: on the issue of towing who has the licence to tow a trailer?
ican tow a trailer on my licence,
but ipassed my test in 92 so things have changed now,
ive heard some people carnt tow a trailer on theres ,
dont know why they changed everything
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by Gary406 » Sun Feb 20, 2011 3:03 am
i passed my test back in december 2002
i CANT tow a trailor on my license
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by FarmerPug » Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:53 am
i cant tow one either.
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by FarmerPug » Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:59 am
i just use the tractor.
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by highlander » Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:50 am
They changed it because the standard test doesn't (and didn't) involve any training on towing safely
The number of times I've been driving behind someone pulling a trailer going over 70 and the trailer has been skipping all over the place is simply staggering... Everything from small trailers to caravans to horse boxes (even occupied horse boxes!)
That said, I don't know how I would go about getting licensed to tow (not that I'd want to; I take the Top Gear view on caravanning)
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by plod » Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:08 am
.......and the amount of people i've seen towing in the third lane of a motorway
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by craigtd » Sun Feb 20, 2011 3:55 pm
im sure everyone can tow a trailer but only up to a set size,if you want to tow something bigger you have to take a test, im lucky i can tow anything.