Afternoon everyone - thought I would start off by saying hello before diving into a couple of questions I have. I posted a few times back in 2007 but nothing since!
By way of an intro, I have a 2003 172 Cup that I inherited from my dad when he became to poorly to drive - Mondial Blue with just under 40,000 miles. He used to use it to potter round locally, hence the low miles. I took it on and have tried to tidy it up where I can but I have to say, it drives me crazy! It's a complete hoot to drive, even though it's actually a third car for me (daily is an M2C and I also have a TVR Chimaera) but there is always 'something' wrong with it!
The current issue is an intermittent problem with the immobiliser - sometimes it starts on the button for a week or so, then it will turn over but quickly stop, or it will start then stop, or even not turn over at all. I was stuck at a petrol pump for 15 minutes last week whilst it was playing sill buggers before deciding it would allow me to go home
I have replaced the immobiliser ring but the problem still persists - any ideas what else it might be? I'm at the point where I might even see if I can get the immobiliser coded out completely, if that's possible?
Second question is - I had to take the fuse cover etc off to get the BCM sorted out ages ago - when I put it all back together again, I had a bit left over and I cannot work out what it is or where it goes. It a small piece of black plastic that looks as though it slides in somewhere - the number inside is 7700415853. Looks like this;
https://thumbsnap.com/1BEgM5WJ
I'll stick up a picture of the car, even though you all know what they look like 🤣
By way of an intro, I have a 2003 172 Cup that I inherited from my dad when he became to poorly to drive - Mondial Blue with just under 40,000 miles. He used to use it to potter round locally, hence the low miles. I took it on and have tried to tidy it up where I can but I have to say, it drives me crazy! It's a complete hoot to drive, even though it's actually a third car for me (daily is an M2C and I also have a TVR Chimaera) but there is always 'something' wrong with it!
The current issue is an intermittent problem with the immobiliser - sometimes it starts on the button for a week or so, then it will turn over but quickly stop, or it will start then stop, or even not turn over at all. I was stuck at a petrol pump for 15 minutes last week whilst it was playing sill buggers before deciding it would allow me to go home
I have replaced the immobiliser ring but the problem still persists - any ideas what else it might be? I'm at the point where I might even see if I can get the immobiliser coded out completely, if that's possible?
Second question is - I had to take the fuse cover etc off to get the BCM sorted out ages ago - when I put it all back together again, I had a bit left over and I cannot work out what it is or where it goes
. It a small piece of black plastic that looks as though it slides in somewhere - the number inside is 7700415853. Looks like this;https://thumbsnap.com/1BEgM5WJ
I'll stick up a picture of the car, even though you all know what they look like 🤣
