Originally posted by O’Borg
[B]Welcome to the world of French cars
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heheh beat me too it,
wen we had a 106 (my sister learnt to drive in it) it was crappy build quality and seemed flimsy inside, infact a go cart with a roof but they have more stability:P
on the other hand my brothers clio (old style) has been fine for his last few years of motoring, that is of course wen he keeps it on the black stuff and doesnt visit the national park terrority;)
I myself am only just sending away for my provisional license, so god help you all:chuckle:
My escort started doing a similar thing at the start of the year - dipped was okay, but when I switched to main beam the dash lights and dials all cut out, the indicators were disabled, the rear windscreen wiper started up :uhh:
Every time I got to a roundabout I had to dip the headlights so the rest of the electrics kicked back in properly… not really sure why it was happening but I reckon it was a short circuit somewhere, it’s not happened since we stopped getting so many wet days so I reckon something may have been shorting somewhere.
… anyway, fords and water don’t mix too well do they … my drivers side electric window packed in (thankfully in the closed position :eek: ) for a few weeks, all seems fine again now warmer weather is here … damn door wouldn’t unlock either for 2 days … and it’s a long walk round to the passenger side :lol:
Originally posted by wolram
[B]tut :rolleyes: I meant in reply to PMM
… anyway, fords and water don’t mix too well do they … my drivers side electric window packed in (thankfully in the closed position ) for a few weeks, all seems fine again now warmer weather is here … damn door wouldn’t unlock either for 2 days … and it’s a long walk round to the passenger side [/B]
It’s all this newfangled central locking stuff :eek:
I’m from the era where you used to kick the door, door falls off, place door in back seat until journey end, wedge door back in place using bits of tape and old newspaper Job’s a good un :flip:
Originally posted by wolram Should have got a Ford mate … the body goes long before the electrics give in
Beg to differ there, who HASN’T been sat behind an escort (of ANY age, with it’s fog lights flashing (well one side of em anyway) and watching the indicators glowing dimly whenever the brake lights should be showing ??? :nod:
Originally posted by Stevieboy
[B]Beg to differ there, who HASN’T been sat behind an escort (of ANY age, with it’s fog lights flashing (well one side of em anyway) and watching the indicators glowing dimly whenever the brake lights should be showing ??? :nod:
Originally posted by PMM
[B]Indicate and Main beam comes on after turning indicators off!!
switch all on switch all off everything ok indicate… drivers
main beam on… passenger main beam off
Switch all on switch all off all ok
Indicate (now i’m back home) get out car main beam on
rear lights off
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Had 2 french motors (not from new) and found the electrics have always been well dodgy. In the AX GT I had previous owner broke the overheat sensor as it always said the engine was overheating.
Funny thing, I have 3 BXs in a row now with electric everything, and never had a glitch :shrug:
Now hydraulics, thats where things start getting interesting
Back to the garage next Friday to have its Brain prodded and
probed, sometimes having one thing that controls everything is
not such a good idea. :rolleyes:
Originally posted by O’Borg Funny thing, I have 3 BXs in a row now with electric everything, and never had a glitch :shrug:
Now hydraulics, thats where things start getting interesting
Almost bought a TD BX a few years ago, bloke was going to put 12 months MOT on b4 i gave him the cash, it failed bigtime on the hydraulics (pipes rotten, etc), would have cost him more to fix than he was selling it for, ho huum, sort of scared me of BX’s after that
Hydraulic pipes are about the worst thing to go on a BX. Everything else can be replaced quite easily and cheaply, with the exception of the octopus on a 16v which requires more than four joints in your arm.
Pity though, BX TDs go like a rucking focket and return great MPGs.
) for a few weeks, all seems fine again now warmer weather is here … damn door wouldn’t unlock either for 2 days … and it’s a long walk round to the passenger side 
you mean that’s not 
