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have you looked in the boot under the spare wheel to see if its dry

Thank you for replying. A haunted car was the first thing i thought of Just spoke to my brother in law who sold me the car and work at a multi franchise site inc a ford main dealers and the first thing he said was somehow the global opening had been triggered

Sounds like the global opening got triggered.

Ur car is haunted [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] Cud be ppl trying to steal it some how ?? Strange tho Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

hole is probably supposed to be there, alot of back boxes have a small hole to let condensed water drain out preventing water build up corroding back box prematurley.

Im back! i know i shouldn't answer after so long a thread but i think its the correct thing, it could help someone in future. I got my bluefin a couple of weeks back its just that i was quite busy with work and stuff and didn't install it till last week more or less. Okey... lets start by W O W ! ! !. When i installed it, i was excited like a child, the engine was cold so i drove low rev till it heated and actually got to the highway, there i pressed down the gas and DAAAMN!!! its become a complete different animal, its like more aggressive, just perfect. It feels more power in general and as if the car is more light LOL! Anyways, i also wanted to share something that happened just few days ago. I was going back home from a late dinner, when i got into the "highway" (its just two lanes in my place) and it was 3 o clock AM, nobody on the road, just an idiot on an BMW 530 and me. I wanted to really test the Bluefin, so i got the car at max, and the stupid BMW must have thought that i was racing with him or something, the incredible thing is that i don't know if he really did gas or no but my fiesta was definately faster! by very little, and was surprised because the BMW is like 3 times my engine... anyways, just wanted to share this for someone to realise that the change after bluefin is totally WORTH! Thanks to everyone here. Very kind and helpful! Cheers!

How about using plug in network points? I use them for my interior and exterior cctv set-up and they work a treat. Sent from my SM-G930F

Just thought I would mention a quick mod to those with small monochrome display in instrument cluster. Just swapped in a larger tft cluster, plug and play apart from writing in my higher current mileage. Doing that next.

Hi guys, just a quick one here. Can I use suspension off a st170 or st 2 on my 2005 Ford focus 3dr? If not, what would people recommend on how far I should drop mine. Want it to look like nice but still be able to cope with speed bumps. I will be fitting St 17" alloys when I find some! Second, are there any head units that I can fit which have USB and ports for a sub? I was thinking a head unit out of a St model...can anyone recommend anything? (PS.my wiring skills are average enough to wire a sound system!) thanks in advance guys!

Ok i already have a cheap 1 into 2 splitter for my Ethernet cable but i think i might have a problem as i only found out that it will only run 1 output at one time. Is there ones out there which are not powered and not a mad price to run 2 outputs as i run p.c and I.P cctv Camera so if its a 50/50 output its great as im on 200Mbps anyway. My speed is very up and down and all is working fine just this might be the problem as the i.p camera is on 24/7.

That's pretty much what I get from my 1.6 X reg old girl, if not slightly more when I drive carefully. I think I managed to push about 450 miles out of the old girl from brim to empty, not too shabby from the Zetec SE engine, with approaching 140,000 miles on the clock.

That's excellent news Ecke! Glad to hear you got everything sorted :)

Hi all, I'm trying to understand what's wrong with my 2008 focus, Every morning when I start it up from cold I'm getting a horrible rattle like noise from the engine for around 20-30 seconds then it goes. Anytime after when it starts there's no nasty noise! Does anyone know what this could be?? Thanks. Sent from my iPhone using Ford OC

do like not doing the job im employed to do , and instead today ive been helping get 5 cars up lots of steps of hotel entrance and then park them inside foyer and conference rooms not designed for such things! cant go into detail but one car had to be carefully squeezed in and took nearly 2 hrs to get in position. made a change to looking at rows of transits all day.

Seriously? Oh ffs it's a good job the repair didn't work then. I'll file it down and smooth it out then. Thanks @iantt Does that look like it's meant to be there? It is so round and perfect I did think it had been done intentionally but not for the good of the system. That will teach me for being cynical Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

In every car we've had in the past 2 years the steering wheel has been off-centre, and none of the local garages can seem to get it right!! I'm not sure what is so difficult about clamping the wheel in the dead-ahead position before doing the alignment. Makes me think it is just laziness.

cant help with the thread size unfortunately but i can with the gator (i hope) it will held on with clips, around the silver trim there will be clips holding it on, carefully take this off either with trim removal tools cheap on ebay or a screwdriver use a cloth to stop scratching the gloss black, it should pop off, off the top of my hear it should be 4-5 clips i think removal tools £2 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Trim-Removal-Tool-Pry-Panel-Dash-Radio-Door-Body-Clip-Installer-Kit-4Pcs-/172129924212?hash=item2813be3474:g:cGIAAOSwAuNW4piw

Hi jonro2009 done as you said ,it has seemed to work ,the window now goes up then drop back down 1cm than goes back up and stays shut..................THANKS VERY MUCH......Dave...

This is a guide on fitting SMD Leds into the door handle Mk2.5 Focus. Tools Needed.: Large flat head screwdriver 8mm socket and driver Multimeter 4 x Scotch locks Insulation tape 4mm drill bit and drill Marker pen What i'm fitting is a 3 light SMD , they come in longer strips and can be cut down , These depending how you wire them can glow RED/BLUE or GREEN. http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1439.l2649 By preeee at 2011-10-29 Picture Heavy STEP 1 Removing the door panel , First start by squeezing the top and bottom of the plastic door trim by the handle and then prize from the window switch or alarm switch side. Pulling gently until it unclips , use a flat screwdriver if you can not get your finger nails behind.Once released unclip the wiring. By preeee at 2011-10-29 By preeee at 2011-10-29 STEP 2 With a flat screw drive move to the bottom half of the handle cover , insert the screwdriver and push down and work your way across until lower handle comes down and remove. Undo the 2 x 8mm bolts underneath the door handle and remove. If working on the drivers door unplug the window and mirror wires. By preeee at 2011-10-29 By preeee at 2011-10-29 STEP 3 Inner door card is held by 7 clips , easy way i found to remove was start at lower edge getting my fingers behind and using a large flat screwdriver rest it next to the clip and twist to unclip, cover the screwdriver with a rag first.Then work your way along the bottom and side's then the top leaving the one by the mirror until last as there is a small section behind the mirror trim. By preeee at 2011-10-29 STEP 4 Checking which wires so out with the multimeter, wiring is different.Passenger side the switch is the power window, drivers side is the alarm sensor turn off switch. Passenger side wires to wire too are Green/Black + and Black/White - Drivers door wires to wire too are Yello + and Black/White -. By preeee at 2011-10-29 By preeee at 2011-10-29 Continued in next post

Hello, I'm wondering if someone can help me, my partner rung me this morning telling me his smax titanium 2.0 has got a malfunction engine light come.on and that when he pushes his foot down on the accelerator it feels a bit sluggish, what could this be? Please help as we are due to go to France in 2 days x

The eibach pro springs are also supplied by Ford and were and optional extra, I've had them fitted five years now and no issues with any speed ramps, handling is also improved and the stance of the vehicle looks much better. the springs are around 170 pounds last time I checked and there different sets for petrol and diesel because diesels are heavier. the fitting process also involves laser tracking alignment. If I was you id pay the garage to lower it; cost me 200 pounds labour then wait two weeks for the springs to settle and bring it to a good tyre fitting place for the laser tracking alignment which costs around 50 pounds and correctly aligns the camber meaning it's not eating your tyres s nd the vehicle handles much better. overall your looking at around 450 fitted for the lowering.

I did try a power one i think it was where you plug it by the router to pick up the signal and then into a plug in the room but it was very poor signal i had. This was a Netgear one and also i kept getting signal drop,one minute there next minute gone which was a pain,if i could run off WiFi it would be amazing off the one cable i have hear,so is there a hub that gives out WiFi signal then just connect it to my only wire and power it up then get the WiFi passcode etc to link to the my devices.

Flickering oil pressure light on cornering means the oil pick up in the sump isn't sucking any oil up because it's "sloshed" away from it... As has been said here, really bad news....

I don't like having a hole in the backbox of my mondeo, it's the backbox that runs the width of the car for the twin outlets. The hole is tiny and perfectly round, like it's been shot with a BB gun. Only done 20K Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I'm not a massive fan of decals, but that is a beauty.

Not sure about the longevity, but I heard that if you're looking at buying, if you kick the wheel first, you get an instant debrief on the entire condition of the car. Can save you hours looking at it...

Omg I be so happy if it was the congestion cameras !! I dont want 3 points lool !

Okay thank you everyone for your help I will get on to that and sorry I will change it to 2011 lol I was just rushing to sign in haha

Ok so it arrived today and with weather permitting will be fitting tomorrow.

Why can you not use a powered hub? Ethernet splitters are horrendous. In my (professional) opinion there is never a right situation to use them. If there is only a single cable run and you cannot run another, then put a hub at the end where you need more ports (or indeed, a hub at both ends).

Cheers for that and i can see your point,see the i.p camera needs to be connected all the while as WiFi is shocking in the 1 room which is a pity. I have tried the router extender and still no good,i only have 1 cable coming from downstairs to the upstairs. Thanks.

I do like having Tesco Finest British sausages with their 97% pork content and low carb value (in comparison to other well known sausage brands) with a couple of bunches of watercress, dressed in melted butter Pipper declined a piece of sausage Whereas Brandy was great solicitor of any sausage, that was being consumed by anyone, seemingly anywhere!. Although I have noticed Pipper will not eat anything that is not in her bowl. And even then, if she doesn't recognise it as something doggy: she'll leave it. A piece of cheddar I gave her the other day, went untouched! She declines plates that are put down, in case she would like to lick them. My Mum put Molly's food on floor, forgetting that Molly has it on the worktop. Pipper completely ignored it all morning. Somebody must have trained her in her previous home, not to eat anything that is not in her bowl.

This weekend I don't like stiles. The two extended weekend walks with Pipper have been hampered by the inclusion of stiles on the footpaths. Recognised trails have kissing gates with a low bar (around 1 metre high), adjacent to them for cyclists to push their bike under, wheelchair users and dogs too large to go through the gate. Whilst my knee support has given me back most of my leg use: until the tendon tear heals I haven't got enough power to lift my lower leg high enough whilst bending it, to get over stiles. The physio told me to refrain from any kind of jumping for a few months, so that ruled out leapfrog frogging, or vaulting the stile.. If there isn't barbed wire running along the horizontals, and the gap is wide enough, it was possible to go through the mid gap foot first; in the style of going down a slide, or crawling through the lower gap, but that means crawling through inevitable freshly deposited cow pats. If there is barbed wire on the horizontals, you have the added fun of avoiding that too The application and removal of socks is proving quite challenging too. Brandy loathed small scruffy men dressed in black that resembled Russell Brand until her dying day

I was able to locate one and have it shipped to the states in wonderful condition! If anyone else is looking for one, drop me a message and I'll share my salvage yard recommendations!

Don't worry - I did!!

You can't really split a cable, you need an Ethernet switch. You can split a gigabit cable down to 2 fast Ethernet cables with the right splitters at each end, but it will be susceptible to cross talk and a switch is much better and future expandable.

Temperatures in the indoor workplace are covered by the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, which place a legal obligation on employers to provide a ‘reasonable’ temperature in the workplace. I believe that if the temperature isn't acceptable within the first 2 hours of starting work then you have the right to leave the workplace or at least take more 'comfort breaks'. Sent from my SM-G930F

Parking sensors are an option on zetec, some dealers fitted them as standard

Not nice seeing one of your wee ones in distress! Have you tried Bonjela? http://www.bonjela.co.uk/product-range/teething/bonjela-teething-gel/ Just rub it on and let her 'chew' your finger. Seemed to help with all of our kids

fair point but some german cars cost more without

screw fixings stick out a mile , look ugly and spoil the clean lines. not to mention drilling holes eventually lets water get inbetween the backing plate and vinyl lettering sheet why spend 30 notes on a plate just to put cheap yellow plastic caps on top ?

that great help might install interior leds and get some wind deflectors and get my rear windows tinted, thanks!

They have a tendency to build up condensation when cold. Sent from my SM-G930F

4-6 weeks buy it , apply it , never buy a can of de-icer ever again. £12 a bottle , which should last about 2 years.

I've never even heard of that, how long does it last? Closest we use is spray on pre-icer the night before, but that becomes a chore with consecutive freezing nights.

I've done the full mountune with all boost pipes, induction and secondary then including the bluefin! I did the bluefin after the mountune so I did notice an increase in response and there is a noticeable increase in sound! With regards to the cone filter, I previously had an open cone filter from pumaspeed but after 2 days I took it off through fear of hydro locking! Also with the cone filter it only uses the air within the engine bay and minimal exterior intake! With the mountune one it is sealed away from water and also has 2 air intakes to help! I mainly went for the mountune kit as I knew I was going to bluefin the car so i mainly did it to maximise airflow efficiency however you do gain some increases in response! The bluefin is what really makes it come alive however!

ah , different story there im afraid with camshaft sens. still its worth just replacing that part first before thinking its all doom and gloom. :-) quick look on ebay shows a new one can be had for £30ish. the sensor location wont be in the bowls of the engine as a wiring connector has to be plugged into it , i'd expect it to be reasonably accessible.

You can add induction and hoses when ever you wan't after you tuned it with bluefin. But if you buy an intercooler, bluefin won't be sufficient anymore and you will need a custom remap to get the most of your new intercooler and the extra hp/nm it might give.

Sound check of the Blow Off Valve adapter :)