quasi Report This Comment
Date: August 26, 2012 06:31PM

Fuck that, where's the siren switch?

BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: August 26, 2012 08:18PM

It's the ejection button for Fossil.

Siren controls are usually mounted at the bottom center of the dash.

Oops, I was thinking of police cruisers, sorry. I used to install that crap in cop cars along with all the electronics stuff and they were added after manufacture of the vehicle, not so in fire trucks and ambulances. I still got to install the radios in them though

In the previous picture you can see the black siren and lights switch panel in the center of the dash.



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fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: August 26, 2012 09:58PM

before this joke goes any further, i had the traction control on, so....

BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: August 26, 2012 10:04PM

Oh come on Floorboard_Digger, play along ya sour-puss. You must be getting old and cantankerous like some of the rest of curmudgeons us are. It was inevitable joke material and he knew it.

I just read there have been problems reported with Ford traction control acting up and causing random uneven braking without even stepping on the brakes even at low speeds. Maybe that shit got wet in the rainy conditions and contributed to the accident you had. Yeah, that's the ticket...



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fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: August 27, 2012 01:23AM

it sure was an extremely strange occurrence to go damn near sideways all of a sudden and not be able to correct it at all.

fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: August 27, 2012 01:25AM

BTW, today is the 1 year anniversary of the Mustang being happy birthday to me. sniff sniff.

BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: August 27, 2012 01:28AM

Do some research. Call your lawyer. It's Toyota time in Ford country... maybe it's another conspiracy.

Awww... Man up and shake it off ya fuckin' crybaby!



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fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: August 27, 2012 01:45AM

i never denied that Ford parts were made by several companies. it's the nature of the auto manufacturing beast.

Mrkim Report This Comment
Date: August 27, 2012 03:04AM

Meh, I did battle with my Laser today and it was Laser - 1, Kim - 0. I think the ECU is tits up in it. Took it out, opened it up n it smells like crispy electronics although there's no obviously fried components on the board. The nerve of that shit only lastin 20yrs!

BTW, happy BDay fossil

Gettin closer to your handle by the day

woberto Report This Comment
Date: August 27, 2012 10:25AM

As you know Kim, you can't fix an ECU.
For $20 some neighbourhood kids could get you one.

Mrkim Report This Comment
Date: August 27, 2012 11:07AM

Yeah I was hopin maybe it was just the common 3 capacitors that are known to take a dump and puke their lil guts out onto the circuit board, which is repairable, even have a spare set of 'em, but that dudn seem to be the case.

I have a spare ECU buried somewhere in the 100 or so 18gal. plastic tubs of Mitsu parts in my shipping container, but I haddn come across it yet in my excavations.

The version of this ECU comes from the early days of OBD1 and when I looked it up last night it appears the Laser is different from the Eclipses and Talons, which surprised me.

For a mere $250 I can snag one from the parts house but I think I'll keep diggin before just ploppin down 250 bones for somethin I KNOW I have .... somewhere

woberto Report This Comment
Date: August 27, 2012 11:47AM

My first car in 1990 had points.
I upgraded to a home built electronic ignition and it was the most reliable car I ever owned.

BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: August 28, 2012 05:17PM

The caps don't always show visible signs when they fail and if they are radial caps (lead out of one end) the bulge and leak might be hidden under the bottom of them, so if you want to try replacing them anyway and see if it works.