Guitarman

I have my cable now so hopefully I can find some time later today to hook it up. Going back to my original post though, I think I know what the problem was. The car became noisier and noisier and it became apparant the exhaust was blowing. On inspection, I found that there was a hole in one of the pipes on the cat. I stuck a bit of putty on it as a temporary fix and hey presto, perfect gear changes! It's still a little loud but I can't find any more leaks. I have a new cat and I'll be fitting it tomorrow so I'm hoping the old one is just bunged up and that this is what is causing the noise.

Thank you for that, I'm going to order one shortly as I'm sure to need it soon enough. I discovered there was an ever increasing hole in my cat. It was where the support arms are welded on so it was enlarging itself and getting noisier with every bump in the road! I stuck some putty on to see what difference it made and hey presto, perfect gear changes. I've just received a new cat in the post which I'll be fitting with my brothers help on Tuesday. I'm looking at replacing the lambda sensor at the same time but I'm not sure which one I need so I'll ask in a shop. I wish I had the electronic things which gives you diagrams and part no's! If I can get my cable before Tuesday I should know if it needs one.

I didn't know I could do this. Do you know what spec cable I need?

I'll take it to the garage if need be but I'm trying to save money where possible so I thought I'd ask in case there is anything I might be able to do myself first.

Any ideas?

When you reply, don't forget this is the first time I've driven an auto and I haven't had any instruction so if I've asked a stupid question, please be gentle lol! I was driving on fairly straight and flat roads where I could have sat quite happily at 60 for most of the time. Another edit after some more reading... It seems from what I have read, that the car is engaging 'kickdown' even though I'm accelerating gently.

I've had my Galaxy a little over a week now. I did two journeys where I was able to accelerate to 60 so all gears and all seemed fine. I drove about 30 miles this pm and again, all was fine. On the way back however, the auto gearbox refused to change in to top gear so when cruising at 60 so it was reving at 4500! I pulled over, stopped and set off again but again it did the same thing. On both occasions I was accelerating slowing to avoid engaging 'sport mode' but it seemed to switch and kept dropping a gear as though I was hammering it! And ideas what might be causing this problem?

So does this mean you can just program the fob regardless of the fact the key is for a different vehicle? If so, this sounds like a cost effective solution to me.

I'm not sure if the 97 Galaxy came with remote central locking, if not, you can always get an aftermarket remote locking kit fitted. Do you know if I will I be able to verify whether it has remote central locking by seeing if it has the receiver and if so where would it be?

I bought a 97 Ford Galaxy last week and have been using the forums to attack a few common problems (door wiring, drivers door lock spinning). I have searched for a solution through the board directly and google but can't seem to find the answer..... I got two keys with the car - the red one and a black one with just a torch. Did all models have remote central locking? I want to be able to remote lock (so I can replace door handles) so what are my options? Thank you in advance.