Part No/ Other Sources?

[Steve S.]

Evening All,

I'm about to set out on the journey of the towbar fitting experience and all that it entails!...Well when it arrives! Obviously I have read the plethora of advice and experience that these good pages have got to offer. Now, I have located the elusive socket in the lhs recess which is the easy part ,but was wondering whether there was a part no (Ford)for a plug that this could mate up to , or do people reccommend just using scotch clips up river from the socket?I've been down to the local main dealers for some other bits and asked them to locate said plug on their computer.......well you can guess the rest ... it could have been Apollo 13 we were looking for all we knew. So if anyone has been down this route before and knows the number (or a suitable alternative )please let me know.

Another problem on the horizon concerns the infra red remote control.As

I mentioned in a previous post I was not given a remote key..lost perhaps? Anyway before I go down the expensive route of new remote / cutting /programming etc is there a way of ascertaining whether the blessed system works in the first place? The bloke in Fords reckoned they could plug in a diagnostic thingy but that would only show compatability with (the key/remote??)

and not prove that the i/r system works.(and I thought my GTTurbo was complicated....Ah well life's rich tapestry! Anyway suggestions gratefully received.

Regards to all readers.

Steve S.

[Velcrohead]

I got my towbar from www.towequipe.co.uk i think it was, they were very helpful and did say that you can get the loom to plug in the towbar socket, but I think it's only available with a towbar.

I just used the TIS and scotchloks in the end and have never had a problem.

Apart from the indicator buzzer being too bloody loud.

[ferguscawley]

Steve

What year is your car ?.

 

Ferg

[Steve S.]

Ferg,

Hi, it's 1997 on an "R".

Steve.

[tim-spam]

Scotchloks are definitely not a good idea - if you need to break into the loom, cut the plug off and use proper crimps with heat-shrink sleeves (Halfords sell them) of the appropriate size. Also, if you have, or can borrow a proper crimping tool, this will make a really professional job.

Tim

[Velcrohead]

Scotchloks are definitely not a good idea - if you need to break into the loom, cut the plug off and use proper crimps with heat-shrink sleeves (Halfords sell them) of the appropriate size. Also, if you have, or can borrow a proper crimping tool, this will make a really professional job.

Tim

This is'nt aimed at starting an arguement but why does everyone object to scotchloks?.

I have some that have been in place for years on various things and have never had a problem, and don't now, although I admit that crimping and heat shrinking 'looks' better, how often does one look in the cubby holes in the boot?.

As I said, not meant to cause arguement, just want to know why people are against them.

When you use the towbar plug you don't actually break into the loom as such, it's piggy backed from the main loom.