Knock
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cheers MArco, I will swap the bolt for the one I got from B&Q, which is just about the right length to get the nut fully on with a washer.
fingers crossed.
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for gods sake.
so, got home from a weekend away and decided to see if the repair on thehub has worked. tightened up everything but remembered, my battery had gone flat when I left the key in the ignition overnight a week ago. Ok, got my 4x4 down the drive and hook them both up.
car wont start
at first, all i got was the alarm playing up. managed to stop it alarming while the battery charged. Lights on dash nce and bright, but when I try to start, it sort of makes a fuzzy broken alarm sound, a few relay clicks, and thats it…?????
its a Mazda MVSS300 (Cobrea 5320?) alarm. I can now set it, although the light on the dash appears solid, rather than flashing. Is this the immobiliser icking in, or is the car batter not actually charged enough??
help....im starting to get a bit peeved.
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Try disconnecting the battery and leaving for a bit then reconnect see if it resets it? maybe give it a good overnight charge, batterys are never really the same after they have gone fully flat.
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been disconected a few days now….:( seeems to be some sort of immobiliser issue??
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Blown fuse? faulty keyfob?
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I will check the fuses, key fobs ok as now, after the jump start/charge, they activate, de activate the alarm…
when I turn to start, the starter doesnt even try, it just blurbs the alarm and keeps beeping untill I turn the key back....?
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Can you bump start it?
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no chance, its at the back of the house DOWN a driveway….:(
I just went out to check the fuses, and now I cant get into the car. Tried to unset the alarm, and it just beeeped constantly for about 10 seconds or so and then did nothing. Light on the steering column is constantly lit.
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try,
Mine is a Cobra alarm, I believe and this is what I was told by a friend.
"Hold both buttons down for 10 seconds until the light stops flashing, turns off and then stays on. Then press both buttons and then the door release button"
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hell mate, i really feel bad for you. you dont seem to be having alot of luck with the car. once it is running right it will drive like a dream though :)
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cheers Garfy I read that somewhere too so will try tomorrow!
Thanks Daniel, well, it is a run of bad luck, but i do love the car and I just need to keep going until its fixed! My way of looking at it is I have simply uncovered a few issues before something went drastically wrong whilst driving!
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arrggghhhh!!!
so, I got my battery re charged and now the car starts. Attempted to drive it, car moved forward a touch then nothing, just the sound of something spinning and you can feel it. Could it be the driveshaft into the CV joint thats the issue? I definately used the circlip that came with, is itpossible I need to knock it in more than I have maybe>?
:(
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OK, took everything apart AGAIN this afternoon, I am getting sick and tired of doing this now. THE ONLY thing I havent done, is remove the entire drive shaft out of the gear box. Anyway, put it all back together and everything felt to slot into place a lot better this time. Got jack stands both sides, and started engine and put into gear to see if anything moves. At Idle, both sides spin then gradually slow down, or just one side turns and I got a knocking noise. So I put evrything back together, tightened up and tried again, no knocking and car moved. So I drove to the top of the drive and reversed back, all ok.
Torqued up the hub nut and banged the end into the wedge. Attempted to drive back up the driveway, got to the incline and noise, gone. no drive, just something spinning. Now the car is sat awkward between the shared drive and my parking space on an angle.
seriously fecked off because I cant see what is wrong. When I try to drive, it just sounds like the wheels are spinning on ice or something…!??!
please please please if anyone can point me in the right direction for a fix that I can do myself, i would appreciate it. Also, is it possible that the drivers side is actually at fault>?
http://s176.photobucket.com/albums/w163/clivjoo/pissing driveshaft/
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this may sound stupid but have you tried 2nd gear or reverse gear?
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reverse yes, 2nd no, although remember, I have no drive….just a whirring sound....! :(
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so if it drives backwards but wont go forwards that doesnt sound like anything you have done it will either not work or it will work there is no halfway, if it goes in reverse and drives in reverse that shows everything is fitted correctly so the problem now heads towards the gearbox !!!
Just seems very strange that its doing that
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no no no guys sorry, right NOW, it doesnt drive in any direction. I meant when I got it going, it went forward and backward before going again….
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ok, heres another video. Got the car back up on jack stands both sides. As you can see, engine idling, the wheels are turning a bit, both sides. When I put into gear, and accelerate, I get a knocking/rumbling, the whole car shudders, not sure how obvious that is in the video. The part with the camera looking at the inner CV you can see the car shuddering…
http://s176.photobucket.com/albums/w163/clivjoo/pissing driveshaft/?action=view¤t=car.mp4
what do you think???
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….just a worn driveshaft anyone? is it less likely to be a gearbox issue, with the wheels turning ok/gear selection ok? what can cause the rumbling when in gear and accelerating, worn driveshaft? I just cant decide, and its a lot of money to spend to find out you were wrong!
i want my car back :(
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cant you take the other end of the driveshaft off to see if there is any splines left on it. you may get gearbox oil everywhere but at least you would know
