Practically Classics Forum

meanwhile in galaxy land the drivers window refuses to open although when i press the button the hazard warning lights flash & the central locking has started playing up
ive had a look at the cables running through the door & one large brown one is broken clean off... any advice would be apreciated im going to try & repair it....

Strip back the wire on either side, and add a small piece of wire in the middle - don't try to overlap the existing wires as they will be too short and will fracture again.

Solder the joints, and insulate using shrink tubing - if you don't have any, get some! It's brilliant stuff, and a soldered joint covered with shrink tube will be about as good a repair as you can ever make.

Give all the other wires a good tug too, because if one has gone then others may well have fractured inside the insulation - a common fault.

thanks mate, ive got it all apart & will repair it tomorrow, there is another cable with the plastic breaking.. ill check the rest as i go along.. although i havant got any shrink sleeving, i will get some next time im in blighty

If it uses the VW colour code, brown will be earth - most confusing to someone used tothe old Lucas code (Brown = fused live)!

Also, if it is like the VW, most of those features go through the "Comfort Unit". It may be worth trying to find it and clean the connectors: it was coded to the last Golf, so might be with the Galaxy too, so no cheap and easy replacement if it's faulty!

fixed although i like the idea of the door loom being connected via a multi pin plug, the actual refitting of the plug is an absolute nightmare.. next time it plays up im selling the flippin thing

took the car out to see a new client (and make the most of the aircon) drove past a camera i see on a regular basis & got flashed

You should call the police. There are laws against that sort of thing!

called the police this morning... doing a flat key handover for a client in town arrived early & the shop below & another flat had been broken into tools stolen from the neighbours flat & the shop till/safe had been broken into..
a very bizarre start to the day

Le burglers like tools over there then. locally to me they seem to steal oil from central heating tanks more than anything else. Mine has never been touched but 2 others have over the last couple of years.

im not sure what was stolen tools wise but they left a very expensive de walt chopsaw ..just give them a chance terry they will have your fuel away soon!!have you thought of getting a heat pump? the froggies love them as they for the moment are cheaper to run than fuel.. just make sure its set up properly