Graham Smith

Just been for a spin round the block, and there appears to be something going on with the clutch on our 04 plate Galaxy 1.9 TDi. The clutch has been fine up to now, but it now goes virtually to the floor with no resistance. It's virtually impossible to get into first or reverse gears, but if you persevere, you can get it into second. I don't think the clutch has gone, as I haven't noticed any signs of slipping, so what should I be looking at first? Any help gratefully received.

I want to fit a GPS receiver into our 2004 Ford Galaxy, and have seen a couple available. The first one is the normal one that was fitted into the Galaxy at the Factory as follows

I've just replaced my glow plug. Do you reckon the new one could be at fault?

Started the car up again this morning, and it's still like Del Boy and Rodney's van - clouds of smoke everywhere! We used the car yesterday, so I don't think it's going to get better with use. Another three of questions if someone would be so kind... 1. What and where is the metering pump, and is this something that could be causing the smoke? 2. How would I go about bypassing the temperature sensor so I can run the car for as long as it takes to clear the unburnt fuel. 3. If I just want to switch the b****y thing off, so we're not the laughing stock of the village every time we take the car out, what's the best way of doing this? All help much appreciated.

Our auxillary heater packed up last week, with clouds of white smoke billowing out from under the car. My wife to it to the local Ford dealer and they plugged their laptop into the car and switched it off. I decided to have a go at sorting it myself, as they wanted

So if I buy a 'cheapie' VAG COM thing from ebay, what sort of things won't the software do in comparison to the full-blown version that costs about

But presumably, the cable off that ebay auction you pointed me to is OK, then hopefully I'll be able to 'mump' the full-blown software from somewhere? Is this right, or does it mean that if I only the limited software, then that cable will only be good for the limited software? Regards

But presumably, the cable off that ebay auction you pointed me to is OK, then hopefully I'll be able to 'mump' the full-blown software from somewhere? Is this right, or does it mean that if I only the limited software, then that cable will only be good for the limited software? Regards

I'm keen to get a lead for VAG COM and the relevant software. I've looked on eBay, and there's obviously a lot of people selling the required items, but there's so many I'm a bit confused! On the first one I looked at http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAG-Diagnostic-Tool-...1QQcmdZViewItem This guy's selling one for

Our Galaxy (2004 Ghia) was bellowing out smoke from around the back of the car and it smelt 'diesely' if that makes any sense. My missus took it to the local Ford dealership, and they've told here that the diesel plug that goes to a heater unit around the back seat area has become faulty and it'll need to be changed. They've unplugged it, so we no longer get the clouds of smoke. They've said it'll cost about

We have a 2004 TDi Galaxy 130bhp Ghia. That we bought last year It's got all the extras (DVD Player, leather seats, climate control etc etc), but the one thing that is missing is the factory fitted sat nav. In a shop locally they have for sale a second-hand genuine MFD Sat Nav Unit, and they've told me the following. If I remove the radio (which I think is a 6006E) and get a new part for the dash, this Sat Nav Unit will fit straight in. The only problem is, the CD is in our existing radio. Again, they've told me that I can get an auto changer which will fit into the driver's side boot cubby hole (I've checked, and there is a multi-plug there that looks like a CD sort of thing). They said that they'd also throw in a sat nav antenna - what should I be looking out for? Does that car already have one built in? If you have any experience about this, I'd appreciate any advice. Cheers Graham

Has anyone tried it? If so, did you need to do any modifications? Graham

Does anyone know it's possible to fit a replacement steering wheel to my Galaxy? We have a standard 'ordinary' type steering wheel fitted, but I'd love to get a mult-function one, so that we can control the radio etc directly from the wheel. I'm sure I've read somewhere that you can't have one of these multifunction steering wheels if you've got cruise control, but I can't find or remember where I read it? I had a look on eBay to see if anyone's selling one of these steering wheels, but no luck as yet! If I were to find one, would fitting it (ie, finding all the connectors), be straight forward? Thanking you in anticipation...

I've now finished the job, and as you said, I had to grab wires from both sides of the car. The sidelights, indicators and stop lights all came from the obvious place at the back of the blub connector. The boot scuff plate was a bitch to get up, but surprisingly enough, I managed to get it up without breaking any of the clips that hold it in place. To get wires from one side of the car to ther other, I threaded them through the box section of chassis that is underneath the scuff plate. Now, the tricky bit was to find the fog and reversing light. After speaking to someone else who uses this forum, iit appears you have to remove the offside rear seat belt, then the cover that underneath (be carful not to break the six clips that hold this cover in place). Under here, you should find all the wires required. I can't remember exactly what they were, but from memory, I think they were grey/white - fog black/blue - reverse (or could be the other way round!) Hope this helps. Graham

I recently did this in order to fit a new towbar. I think the procedure is as follows: 1. Remove the two covers under the rear lights, then undo the torx head bolts that are underneath. 2. Remove the screws in the rear wheel arch (three each side I think) - a mixture of torx and philips. 3. Unplug the parking sensor connector. 4. Remove the 4 nuts each side that hold the reinforcement bar to the chassis). 5. I think that all that's holding the bumper on at this point are the clips at the side of the bumper. 6. On the side of the bumper, pull it outwards. The plastic bumper is really flexible, so you'd have to bend it an absolute mile before you break it. 7. When you've done one side, do the same on the other, and hey presto, the whole thing should come off. Probably best to get someone to give you a hand to remove it, otherwise it could drop on the floor once you've undone everything Hope you get on OK

Do you know what the colours are for wiring, i have the colours for the pin/towbar elctrics but not the galaxy colours, & can they be found in 1 side or do i have to wire it to both sides?. Hey - if you find out the answer to this question, could you please let me know, as I'm currently doing the same job! I've managed to wire in both indicator sides, the tail and stop lights, but that's where I hit standstill! I can't seem to find the reversing or fog light wire. Sure - I can see the colours of when they're in the boot lid, but where they go from here, I don't know. I took the towbar cable into the offside jack storage area, so hopefully there in there somewhere. When I look at where the bulbs plug in, the cables that I think I'm looking for are black/blue and grey/white, but as I say, I can't see where they go to from here. Anyone able to help?

Do get back to us with whatever the problem turns out to be. Cheers. Oggy. I sure will post what the problem turns out to be. Just as an aside, even thought I bought the car second hand, Ford are honouring the warranty.

I've only had my Galaxy 04 for about a month now. When switching on the car, we first noted that the CC display panel was flashing. We just thought this was normal until we read the manual. We obviously found out that this just means there's a problem with the CC. We took it to the local Ford garage, and they told us that it needed a new recirculation motor, but because this motor was do difficult to get to (they have to take the whole dash out), they didn't want to start the job on a Friday, just incase they broke anything and they needed to order in new parts. Anyway - we gave them the car on Monday. They had it Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Eventually they phoned to say it was a HUGE job, as they had to remove the whole dash. They told us the car would be ready that afternoon. Later that afternoon, they phoned to say that they'd put it back together, but that the error is still showing! Could they keep it another day? Friday came and they still haven't been able to work out what the problem is. Now - they want to have the car ALL next week, to take the dash out AGAIN to try to work what's wrong with it! I'll keep you posted! PS - I'm glad I haven't got to pay for all this work

I'm now going to hold my head in shame! It'd be interesting to see if when I turned the CD on, we had disco lights on the trailer board!

That's what I must have done! We DON'T have one of the multi-changer CD things in the boot, as our one is a CD unit located in the dash. What a w*nk*r I am. I think I've connected the towbar electrics up to the multi changer loom! I take it that all I've now got to do is wire the towbar electrics into the back of the lights using Scotchlocks? Graham

Nice one - thanks for the reply You're right - if what I've connected up to isn't for towbar lights - what the hell is it? Anyone got any ideas?

:( Have just installed a Brink tow bar on my 2004 1.9 130bhp Galaxy. The actual installation of the tow bar itself was incredibly easy. Now to the really difficult bit! The single electric socket was pre-wired, so no problems there. I routed the cable through a grommet, and all that was left, was to connect the cable to the car's wiring. I found the 'special' Ford multi-plug where the jack etc is, in the compartment at the rear off side. The company who sold me the tow bar, told me to cut this plug off, then just connect the socket wiring directly to the cables that were connected to the special plug. Easy enough, I hear you say! And so it was! Trouble is, I've connected the electrics up OK, but absolutely none of them work on my lighting board, that I know works OK, as I've tested it on another car with a tow bar. I've read elsewhere on this forum something about a thing called an 'VAG-COM', and my friend reckons that I need to plug one of these things into the car to enable the electrics for the manufacturer's towing wires. So subsequently, I have a couple of questions: 1. Is this right about the VAG-COM thing correct? 2. Where can I get a VAG-COM from? 3. How much do they cost? 4. Would it be more sensible to get my Ford dealer to do it for me? Many thanks for your anticipated help! Regards