sudonim

looks like its coming from the shock absorber. is it bad?

yay me - i finally finished the front dirve, laid new slabs where the raised bed used to be, as my neighbouyrs are renting and seem to have about 6 cars, thought it would be useful to fit 2 cars on my front - in case friends ever come over... anyway.. lovely shiney new slabs laid... and i have immediately noticed every morning there is a small oily deposit on the slabs coming from the drivers side rear wheel petrol cap vacinity. I am panicking as my missus is doing a lot of miles in it this week. i am hoping its not vital fluid. any guesess?

i opened the door one day and heard a plop as a screw fell to the floor. i couldn;t see where it had come from so i popped it inot the little "hatch" in the drivers door for safe keeping. a while later the 2d and 3rd screws fell out, and i detectdit was to do with the door hinge... since the last one exited its home the drivers door now no longer stays in the "open position" like it used to... it just wants to swing closed. am i Ok to just try and maneuver to get these screw back in, or do i need to take the door card off? if so - is there anything else i should be checking / maintaining while i have the card out?

many thanks. where do i locate contact for this elusive gsf? also i sw this today: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/L-K-Galaxy-Alhambra-...id=p3286.c0.m14 could be it was ripped from the FAQ on this site. how rude!

i jerry rigged the 5 for now... spliced new wiring into all the broken ones and wrapped up with electrical tape. thats fixed the reverse lights, the numberplate lights and the locked rear wiper - and the warning light is gone from the dash. got to get some new tires for it next, and find out how to do the service... its approaching 50k - but i'll probably need to find out everything it should have had done in the last 3 years as i doubt any of it was done... brake disks for sure... the poor beast appears to have been hammered by its previous owners. watching on EBAY for a remote fob, and going to try and find where i can get a new relay27/30 cheap because it has occasionally refused to react at all to turning the key when the car is hot...e.g. when my missus picks me up from work, specifiacally on very hot days.

drivers side boot to tailgate. horror http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y195/AOCChip/Image005.jpg help! what do i do! sorry that photo is aweful! 5 of the wires are completely severed... hence no rear wiper...reverse lights, or number plate lights? the wiring is so tight there is no leeway to re-connect them by splicing and wrapping with electrical tape. Am I going to have to add in some new wire in between each split to extend the wire to enable me to fix and to give a bit more leeway so this doesn;t happen again in future?

indeed. there are severa\l in my town. one even apprently sources remote key fobs so i will call them about the price. not sure how to send PM's on this forum. its unlike any of the PHPBB ones i am familiar with. Update on fault-mobile. whilst on the way home from band practice practice i was closing the boot after dropping the drummer off, and for a second the lights for the number plate actually came on when the boot was about 70% closed. i assume this is a symptom of the bad boots to the "tailgate". when i got home i checked them and the passenger side one is actually hanging down, in no way held in place in the actual roof part. there is a sad flappy looking piece of electrical tape in the opening... presumably left there when this was previously jerry-rigged. so i think i am going to need to replace the actuall boot thing. am hoping i can read up how to get it off and sort all this out at the weekend... inbetween helping wife with 3 kids and laying the slab front drive before uk planning regs change...

The above walktrhough is awesome, I can't wait until i have a free evening to give it a try! My 03 galaxy is having this problem - Occasionally it won't start, particularly after just stopping for a second to nip into shops et, e.g. when the systems hot. so, sorry for the dumb newbie question: where do i go to buy one of these number 30 relays? There's a parkers (the parts people) near my house... will they have one? or halfords - or do i have to go to a ford dealer?

must have missed this. nice one. am hoping i can find out if the reverselights are the wiring Boot / loom thingy... and get the rear wiper in-seized myself.

technical information service/system found a place where you can download one but its not for galaxy's it says. :rolleyes: it was a huge download and works firewall did not approve.... then i found this: http://www.classic-spares.net/CD%20Info/Fo...0Jan%202004.htm http://www.classic-spares.net/CD%20Info/Ford%20TIS.htm

more questions. how can i find out wether i need a radio or infra-red key fob for the car? there seems to be 3 button ones ( 3rd for opening boot?) like my old ford focus keys, or 2 button ones... and some seem to come withough the actual key. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-GENUINE-FORD-REM...id=p3286.c0.m14 my key appears to be a "blade" type... not a column key like my focus or my m-in-laws mondeo. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GENUINE-VW-SHARAN-FO...id=p3286.c0.m14 this looks like my non remote keys. so its the right style of physical key - but will it be the right remote type? its a whole new world of ignorance and indecisiveness opening up before me.

bj2004 - ok whats your real name ? if it was me my first job would be to buy a couple of remote keys off e bay and get them programmed how many keys have you ? if you have 2 then you can program the new ones yourself for pats saving a fortune although not sure if you can disable existing keys without using vag-com or a dealer next would be to confirm all oil and filters were changed when you bought it then check brake pads and disks if you stick around here you will soon see what else can go wrong and check how your bits are my name is Simon. I'll have a look on ebay for glaxay remote keys. I have got 2 keys with the car ( a seat italian replacement one and an original galaxy one), so i should be able to do that fun thing with the key in the column and one in the door and the unlock, lock unlock, walk slowly in a circle 13 times etc etc. cool. They said when i bought it they'd do a service on it, and the garage i got it from seemed nice ( same not true of sales woman in the used car part who lied about remote key and a few other things...). but that was 9 months ago and winter is coming so i assume i need to do some stuff about plugs and oil and filters etc... and brakes...eep. this is a whole new world of DIY motor maintenance opening up before me. Mumof4 - 1. Tailgate, should be two square thingies on the inside of the tailgate which you can pull off and access the bulbs. Cool i took them off but i had a 2 year old and a 6 year old bothering me and i couldn't see the reverse parts, but i'll have a look in peace tonight Mumof4 - 3. No, ther is no way the previous owners can find it. My last Galaxy had to be repossessed because of marital breakdown and the ex numpty refuseing to pay for it anymore. cool. that has been bugging me - i'll get some remote keys off ebay ( if i can find any) and reprogramme it as discussed above. Mumof4 - 2.Change oil and oil filter, check all fluid levels, power steering, brake fluid. As was said before, check the brakes also. time to get my hands dirty, printing off the FAQ! Mumof4 - 4. Ebay or ask Ford. Cool. Mumof4 - 6. No it wont help you im afraid. You need a TIS disc from either one of us or fleabay. COOL. whats TIS? is there somewhere you've listed all the abbreviations used in the site - like a glossary for non mechanical / novices. Mumof4 - 7.Shop around, also word of mouth is very powerful. Get quotes from different garages, and ask them what they think is the prob.. stay away from ford unless you know they are good, but remember they are expensive. OK thanks.. the guys at the garage from the dealer where i brought the car were very friendly. My local ford place does a Direct debi deal where you pay them omnthly and get cheaper mot and service...but i can;t help thinking i should be able to find it cheaper elsewhere. i do live in a city after all - albiet a small one. Mumof4 - 8.You have a MKII many thanks. thought so. i love it, its ace! :rolleyes: Mumof4 - 9.Thank you :lol: no, Thankyou! and apologies, as I say "Cool" too much in real-life as well.

hello. new user, planning to be a regular visitor to this wonderful site. i am 33, father of 3 ( a 6, a 2 and a 9 month) - i live and work in leicester and bought a beat up Galaxy in December ( when the 9 month old was born....) as we could not fit 3 car seats in my lovely ford focus estate ghia 2.0 16v...... so anyway - i am a novice at car maintenance...and i think i need to learn fast, as winter is approaching and i don;t want to pay

I bought my galaxy in december last year from a small local garage... they gave me a good trade in price on my Ford Focus Estate ghia - 50% more than the local Ford dealer offered....but lets not talk about how much they ripped me off.... lets leave it with the comment that no money of mine will ever pass the door of their second hand car portacabin ever again.... anyway, the car has some broken bits which the local car company fixed for me...but its still in quite bad condition, and ias it is a workhorse for a family of three i need to find out and learn how to look after it. I have read on here people mentioning an Owners manual. nothing came with the car i bought, no manual, service history.. not even a remote key-fob... so can any-one help me with these questions, notably what order should i approach them Should i seperate these out into different topics? I have had a good read around the forum but would like some more advice / clarification of some issues. 1) i have a warning light on the dash - looks like the fog light icon, and upon checking it seems the reverse lights are not working... i am going to check the boot with the cables in to the tailgate tonight having read this site...thanks for that gem of info, then off to halfords for some new bulbs. Not spotted anything in the FAQ yet about wether i have to take the "tailgate card" off to get to the reverse light bulbs, or wether i have to do someting to remove the whole rear lighting modules. 2) whats the most important servicing issues i should immediately undertake - considering it was re-posessed before i bought it - and was in a state, and has probably not been looked after 3) should i be worried about the previous owner tracking it down and nicking it - based on the fact that they might still have the remote key and i have never bothered to get a new one or find out how to re-programme the car. 4) whats the owners manual - where can i get one from for my 03 galaxy zetec 2.3 petrol? 5) rear wiper has siezed in up position... going to get wd40 tonight and give it a little bath. 6) i have bought off amazon the Galaxy haynes manual, not arrived yet, but its not for my model - it seems that the haynes gave up on galaxy around 1999... will the book be any good. 7) I am a database /web programmer. I have very little mechanical knowledge, and a family of 3 and wife and big mortgage on just my income - so money is an issue... what advice do the forum members have about getting stuff fixed in small garages rather than expensive local ford main dealer? 8) How can i find out which Mark of galaxy i have? Mines an 03 plate - does that mean its a Mark II? If anybody has any needs of any help with MS Access, Excel, Website or Database design i am happy to offer my services to assist this community in a barter type payment to pay back for all the good help and advice i have already absorbed just from reading throughj the FAQ! cheers Simon (Sudonim)

i like this forum. i only found it yesterday. Bought my galaxy december last year due to suprise addition of 3rd child to already busy family :rolleyes: The car was reposessed apparently - and although its an 03 its in a bad way, and i need some help fixing all those annoying little things ( reverse lights not working, rear parking sensors beeping sporadically for no reason, drivers door "card" not properly fit).... so i am looking forward to getting access to the image downloads in the FAQ! Compared to other forums i have frequented ( local musician sites, fantasy web games, etc) this site seems light-hearted and cheeky. I spotted a bit of web-windup action bu nothing which would send me looking elsewhere, especially considering the good quality info and friendly helpfulness i have seen so far. so keep up the good work you Shalhambraxy experts!