Topic: You never can tell

[radiomarty]

Had a phone call from a gent that wanted to get his recent e-bay C5 up and running so he could do a rolling restoration- as he lived locally I suggested he bring it round and said i should be able to get it going in the hour 

Upon arrival it appeared in good condition and was just 'dead' electrically -

First job open the control box to see what was going - simple normally but this one had been 'undersealed' and took a bit of a fight - once in the box was duff so a quick swap with an exchange unit and the investigation moved on - The pod was still 'dead' and and although power was getting to the motor it would not turn - took the motor out and discovered the brushes were u/s so replaced them with some spares and refitted the motor. Attention turned to the pod - the red control to pod loom was not giving correct readings so this was bypassed with a spare - and hey presto she burst into life - as the chap wanted to have it up and running before he went home i cut out the old red harness and fitted the replacement - if you have ever tried this with the body shell on you know what a pain it is !!!!! - finally the pod was showing full red motor load at all times and a bit of further investigation showed this to be a fault with the ULA chip. - The young man then took it for a quick test drive and that c5 grin came beaming through - The c5 is up and running and he is now just waiting for a ula replacement to become available 

Next time i quote an hour maybe i will say or two or maybe three 

[Karl]

Top man ! You got it going in the end which is all that matters 

Next up, I'll get my brother to teach you how to do the tradesmans deep intake of breath , combined with head scratching and screwed up face when providing a quote ....

Glad to hear another c5 is alive once more