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 Post subject: Electrical woes
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:51 pm 
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Allo,

Some of you might know, but the mont was in storage for quite some time.

Mechanical still A1, even the oil and coolant level was spot on after months and months of sitting.

Problem is though I'm getting a few electrical gremlins creeping in.

I'm quite sure it sort of started after fitting a new head deck, but who knows.

Either way sometimes I will start the car and things like the radio, interior lights and wipers won't work. I'll shut it down, start it up again and hey presto, they work again.

Also the other day I literally broke down (everything on but no crank) and was about to call RACQ when a young guy in the pool shop with an EF came out and showed me what was wrong. He had me tap the dash, under and to the left of the streering wheel where the body control module is and then crank, it started.

Could all this just be the body control module or something else? I'm blowing fuses quite regularly too.

The lad said go see an auto electrican and have him fix it (weld it or something?). Tried my wrecker but no green ones (mid/high level ones). Any advice appreciated.

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 Post subject: Re: Electrical woes
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 7:07 pm 
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Sounds like it could be the BEM they seem to affect a lot of things! I had to replace mine cost $350 from memory :roll: does it affect the boot light? :lol: :lol: sorry dude - couldn't resist! :lol:

 

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 Post subject: Re: Electrical woes
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 7:10 pm 
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Sounds like it could be the BEM they seem to affect a lot of things! I had to replace mine cost $350 from memory :roll: does it affect the boot light? :lol: :lol: sorry dude - couldn't resist! :lol:


Whereabouts is the BEM? And yeah I guess so, it's all the interior lighting and the boot one must be part of the system too. Hillarious.

 

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 Post subject: Re: Electrical woes
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 7:13 pm 
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tap the dash, under and to the left of the streering wheel where the body control module is


I would be trying this area!

 

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 Post subject: Re: Electrical woes
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 7:36 pm 
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Remove the dash surround and you will see, just down from where the fuel gauge is, the top of the BEM. The GLi's have the plug on the top and from memory the Mid/High series plug in from underneath and have a clip of sorts on the top. Both are held in by 2 screws either side of the top of the BEM.
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 Post subject: Re: Electrical woes
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 9:34 pm 
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Alright, thanks lads. No experience with having them simply repaired? Having trouble finding the mid/high series at wreckers.

 

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 Post subject: Re: Electrical woes
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:27 am 
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Rick_Deckard wrote:
Alright, thanks lads. No experience with having them simply repaired? Having trouble finding the mid/high series at wreckers.


this for the EF fairmont ?

it will be a EF Green high series will have wires at the top
EL have the wires near the bottom on there side and are slimmer

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Ford-EF-NF-Fairmont-Fairlane-Ghia-Body-Control-Module-/170631632039?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item27ba7014a7

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/EF-NF-FAIRMONT-F ... 3cb6e434c1

and if your not going to want your old faulty BEM ill happily pay for it :)

 

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 Post subject: Re: Electrical woes
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 3:14 am 
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Rick_Deckard wrote:
Allo,

Some of you might know, but the mont was in storage for quite some time.

Mechanical still A1, even the oil and coolant level was spot on after months and months of sitting.

Problem is though I'm getting a few electrical gremlins creeping in.

I'm quite sure it sort of started after fitting a new head deck, but who knows.

Either way sometimes I will start the car and things like the radio, interior lights and wipers won't work. I'll shut it down, start it up again and hey presto, they work again.

Also the other day I literally broke down (everything on but no crank) and was about to call RACQ when a young guy in the pool shop with an EF came out and showed me what was wrong. He had me tap the dash, under and to the left of the streering wheel where the body control module is and then crank, it started.

Could all this just be the body control module or something else? I'm blowing fuses quite regularly too.

The lad said go see an auto electrican and have him fix it (weld it or something?). Tried my wrecker but no green ones (mid/high level ones). Any advice appreciated.

Ta,
Adam
check the head deck wiring,i think its there,the bem will be ok.its getting a feed back,so 50\50 starting up

 

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 Post subject: Re: Electrical woes
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 12:18 pm 
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hans hartman wrote:
Rick_Deckard wrote:
Allo,

Some of you might know, but the mont was in storage for quite some time.

Mechanical still A1, even the oil and coolant level was spot on after months and months of sitting.

Problem is though I'm getting a few electrical gremlins creeping in.

I'm quite sure it sort of started after fitting a new head deck, but who knows.

Either way sometimes I will start the car and things like the radio, interior lights and wipers won't work. I'll shut it down, start it up again and hey presto, they work again.

Also the other day I literally broke down (everything on but no crank) and was about to call RACQ when a young guy in the pool shop with an EF came out and showed me what was wrong. He had me tap the dash, under and to the left of the streering wheel where the body control module is and then crank, it started.

Could all this just be the body control module or something else? I'm blowing fuses quite regularly too.

The lad said go see an auto electrican and have him fix it (weld it or something?). Tried my wrecker but no green ones (mid/high level ones). Any advice appreciated.

Ta,
Adam
check the head deck wiring,i think its there,the bem will be ok.its getting a feed back,so 50\50 starting up


What you mean exactly mate? I will check the wiring though, I had to really push it in so maybe something went wrong.

 

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 Post subject: Re: Electrical woes
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 12:20 pm 
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Rick_Deckard wrote:
Alright, thanks lads. No experience with having them simply repaired? Having trouble finding the mid/high series at wreckers.


this for the EF fairmont ?

it will be a EF Green high series will have wires at the top
EL have the wires near the bottom on there side and are slimmer

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Ford-EF-NF-Fairmont-Fairlane-Ghia-Body-Control-Module-/170631632039?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item27ba7014a7

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/EF-NF-FAIRMONT-F ... 3cb6e434c1

and if your not going to want your old faulty BEM ill happily pay for it :)


Thanks mate. I actually went to a wrecker and pulled one out of an EF Falcon and fortunately the guy there asked if I "had the right colour". It was then I remembered that 'green box' behind the dash.

 

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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 8:12 pm 
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any progress with it?how did you wire it up.

 

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 Post subject: Re: Electrical woes
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 5:46 am 
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hans hartman wrote:
any progress with it?how did you wire it up.


Just recently started working again mate, so it'll have to stay on the back burner for a few weeks unfortunately. I've found some ways to temporarily fix the problem. Big one is turning the wheel while and after cranking so that the power steering has to do some work.

Cheers,

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 Post subject: Re: Electrical woes
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 8:48 pm 
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Rick_Deckard wrote:
Alright, thanks lads. No experience with having them simply repaired? Having trouble finding the mid/high series at wreckers.


My local auto electrician replaced mine with a "reconditioned" one when I first bought the Fairlane it cost around $300 all up from memory.

 

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 Post subject: Re: Electrical woes
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 9:23 pm 
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Rick_Deckard wrote:
Alright, thanks lads. No experience with having them simply repaired? Having trouble finding the mid/high series at wreckers.


My local auto electrician replaced mine with a "reconditioned" one when I first bought the Fairlane it cost around $300 all up from memory.


ive repaired a fair few BEMs with great success but to recondition would leave me stumped as there is no way to tell when a electronics item like a chipset would fail and so it would only fall under repair unless replacing every chipset (is possible but you gotta buy like a 1000 of each chip on there that isnt mass produced anymore) and this would make it a highly costly and time consuming setup id say you only got a repaired one there mate as they are very easy to repair

 

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 Post subject: Re: Electrical woes
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 9:25 pm 
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That's why I had it in "parenthesis" as it was more likely just checked / repaired.

 

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