Matt Harwood

RIP mate.

It's the control unit for a factory option, remote central locking. It would have had a wiring loom that runs from under the drivers seat, down the sill and piggybacks into a connector at the fusebox. It would also have had the areial travelling up the drivers side a pillar. Jake was closest The discovery was made here http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=6595&highlight=remote

I do Karate, which Matt insisted I couldn't use outside of the dojo, so I gave him an insight at home and now he won't say that anymore I love kata but like a lot of girls I'm not keen on kumite. Matt did three classes and then said he "didn't have time" to go anymore - I took that as I'm far too lazy! Someone on the karate forum I go on put a link to a youtube video of systema - wow! It looks totally amazing. Stu on here has done pretty much most forms and attained good grades at each too. Chantelle

That pipe is going to a non-stock idle speed control valve

LOL!

Feels like I'm saying goodbye! - I'm not, I'll still be around here. And yes, I'm still happy doing some jobs through Mark at Phoenix

Funnily enough, AutoPlanet owns Waters group. Renault & Peugeot main dealership.

Thanks for the kind words of support guys. Much appeciated

Theoretically that would work, but just a word of caution, the G5 sirens are much smaller than the G4 sirens. I've never taken one apart, so I can't say for sure if the battery packs are likely to be different too....

Any time

Hmmm, shoudln't be, to be honest. But knowing that the siren is on it's way out is could be having an effect on other sounds. I've seen a couple of waterlogged sirens in the past. When they get drowned in water, the battery pack is always the first thing to go, followed by a variety of different fault conditions...

I doubt it to be honest. No time or money at the moment. Working a month in hand (Commission), has buggered me up for a couple of months.

I was thinking about storing my spares at my local storage centre, but for some reason, all the units seem to be full!

Personally, I would. You can either get it done at any Clifford dealer, and expect to pay in the region of £90-100 including the fitting, or contact Sextons Maidstone and ask for Mark. I'm sure he could supply you one for about £50-60, and if you know the basics of car electrics they're fairly easy to fit.

Yes, I'm not parting with that just yet In fact, I get a nice new company car now, which means the Supra gets even more sleep than normal!

10 out of 10 to the above. The Cliffords use the sirens internal batteries to provide power for the arm and disarm chirps, thus giving you warning of when the internal batteries are on their way out. All the rest of the alarm functions will operate correctly, so don't panic, it's not developing a fault. Either change the siren and it will all return to normal for the next 3-4 years, or live with silent arm/disarm, but bear in mind that if someone cuts the siren cable, the siren may not sound. Hope that makes sense

After reading this thread, I thought I'd better set the record striaght... As of May, I handed over Sextons Maidstone entirely to my business partner, Ian Thompson. After 15 years in the automotive electrical trade, I just felt that I needed a change. I now work for a company called AutoPlanet. A car Supermarket chain based in the south east. I work in their 'specialist finance' department, meaning that I now work trying to get finance for people that have had financial difficulties in the past and/or have been turned down elsewhere. A big thank you from me to Mike Marden for getting me this job, which is far less stressful and better hours than running a business. I'm still happy to do the odd job here and there and offer advice if needed, but I don't get a lot of spare time and I value my days off! Sextons Maidstone continues to trade as normal with both Ian and Mark. Many of you will already know Mark as he has always worked on Supras since my obsession began in 2001. For those of you that don't know Mark, I assure you he is an extremely competent auto-electrician, enthusiastic and conscientious with everything he does. He's VERY familiar with Supra's and been installing RLTC, E-manages and all other electrical bits for the past 6 years. So, now that I'm not a trader anymore, I'll be sticking all my spare parts up for sale very soon as private sales. A big thank you, to all those who have supported us over the years And bollox to those that have slagged us off. You know who you are and I know you're just jealous 'cause we do things properly! Mentioning no names!

They work on reverse polarity in the same way that most central locking motors work. I did it on Bens car a while ago, but I can't remember exactly what's needed. Sorry. You'll need an output from the alarm to activate inward motion; either an armed output, or channel output, and use the central locking 'unlock' output to activate to outward motion. HTH a bit

Yep, still around Steve, I just don't get much time on here at the moment.

Yes, it can be done, (I've done it on mine), but it's a bit tricky. I've used two relays in the boot triggered from the foglight 12v line. One to open circuit the bulb failure control units ignition line, and another to put a ground on the actual bulb output from the bulb failure unit. that way, when you turn the fog lights on and off, the bulb failure unit doesn't 'see' a fault because it's not on. When you turn the foglights back off, the failure unit cames back on and will report a buld failure if it occurs... Does that make sense?

I would just like to add that Matts score has nothing to do with him-he hasn't been on here for ages-it's me Like Sabrina said, start on level 10. When I used to work in an electrical shop nobody could beat me at Tetris but I am hopeless at everything else! Chantelle

We had to use Big Box Storage for both work stuff and house stuff. We had three units two were about ten feet square each that cost us £141 per month each unit and one that was 12x12 which cost £198 per month. We rented them for about 8 months and didn't get any sort of discount! Chantelle

Rob, the internal battery is only in the siren, and it only gets re-charged whilst the engine is running. The alarm itself is very unlikely to lose it's memorys. It can happen but it's very, very, very rare. If the battery went flat whilst it was armed, or you disconnected it whilst it was off, but immobilised, you may find it will go off after a few seconds of powering it back up. If it does, don't immediatly try to disarm it, leave it sounding for about 5 seconds, then disarm. If it was disconnected in valet mode, it will only chirp or re-connection.

I'd say one of the biggest expenses would be labour to convert an Aero to a manual, then to a single. Obviously there would be a massive saving if you're doing the work yourself. Based on 'reliability' and 'street car', you're only looking at a small single, so you shouldn't need to uprate any internals. All comes down to the budget at first.

That is correct. The scene starts with the specs showing on the screen , BHP, 0-60, top speed etc, it then focuses on a shed in the middle of a wooded area and then, slowly a black Supra, (possibly destined for Paul Evans, with green neons), emerges from the shed... The review continues. As for my copy, well, it's not in the living room, as I've checked. That means its in one of many boxes that I have piled up in my garage since my last house move... If Fishman can't upload it, I will, as soon as I can be bothered to freeze my knackers off clearing out the garage... Pics of garage to prove it's not a 5 minute job!